this is bbc news with the headlines... thousands of supporters of brazil's recently defeated president, jair bolsonaro, invade the national congress building in brasilia. security services were quickly overwhelmed by demonstrators wrapped in the nationalflag. others invaded the presidential palace and supreme court. friends and families reunited for the first time in years in china, which has fully opened its borders for the first time since the start of the pandemic. the number of covid cases that simply cannot be controlled by the couldn't be controlled by the zero—covid lockdown policy was almost certainly becoming so great that the change would have had to have come in the next couple of months anyway. the uk prime minister,

rishi sunak, says the government will discuss a pay deal that's "affordable" with the nurses�* union to settle strikes. that's welcomed by the biggest nursing union as "a chink of optimism". president biden is to visit the us border with mexico for the first time since taking office today. record numbers of migrants have crossed over recently. hello and welcome to bbc world news. thank you forjoining us. we start with some breaking news... thousands of supporters of the former brazilian president, jair bolsonaro, have stormed the country's national congress in brasilia. in scenes reminiscent of the attack on the us congress in washington two years ago, demonstrators wrapped in the brazilian flag quickly overwhelmed police and entered the complex. some have reached the senate chamber, where theyjumped onto seats and desks.

protesters have also invaded the presidential palace and supreme court. mr bolsonaro lost the october election to the socialist, luis inacio lula da silva who was sworn in last week. mr bolsonaro's supporters have been calling for military intervention and the resignation of mr lula da silva. reuters news agency is reporting that president lula is in sao paulo and not in the capital. as as you can see as as you can see on as as you can see on the screen here... this street coming in from a senator saying that... that is some of the response that is coming. live to sao paulo and we can speak to maria herminia tavares, political scientist

at the university of sao paulo. thank you very much forjoining us to speak about this. how is come as a shock to you, what we're seeing today? a shock to you, what we're seeing toda ? , , , . a shock to you, what we're seeing toda? today? yes, yes and everybody exected today? yes, yes and everybody exnected that _ today? yes, yes and everybody expected that these _ today? yes, yes and everybody expected that these extreme . today? yes, yes and everybody - expected that these extreme groups that were in front of... in front of the military buildings would try something, but we didn't... we actually didn't expect that they would invade the congress, the governmental palace, the supreme court. as... as of yesterday, we had news that they were going to brasilia, they were gathering in brasilia, they were gathering in brasilia, but...— brasilia, they were gathering in brasilia, but... and at that point, did ou brasilia, but. .. and at that point, did you think— brasilia, but. .. and at that point, did you think of— brasilia, but... and at that point, did you think of something - brasilia, but... and at that point, did you think of something this i did you think of something this extreme was going to happen? or did you dismiss it as possiblyjust a rumour? i you dismiss it as possibly 'ust a rumour? ., �* ~'

you dismiss it as possibly 'ust a rumour? ., �* ~ ., , rumour? i don't think that this will reverse the _ rumour? i don't think that this will reverse the results _ rumour? i don't think that this will reverse the results of _ rumour? i don't think that this will reverse the results of the - reverse the results of the elections. the president is already to go, he is governing already, but this is a very serious issue. it is a very serious event. this is a brake on democratic roots, i would say. two things can be done. one is a federal intervention in brasilia. brasilia is actually a federal district, ok? the government can decree a federal intervention. or even what we call operations of, assurance of law and order, which in brazil is g l o, which will allow for the military to go, to try to stop this. but i think that probably they will try the federal

intervention and the national police force will go there to control it because clearly this has been a soft hand or if not complicity from the governors or the federal district or where brasilia is, regarding the certain facts.— where brasilia is, regarding the certain facts. that is important, that ou certain facts. that is important, that you note — certain facts. that is important, that you note that _ certain facts. that is important, that you note that this - certain facts. that is important, that you note that this hasn't i certain facts. that is important, i that you note that this hasn't been met with force, really, in terms of the reaction. but obviously there is concern about that because it is necessary not to escalate the situation, but i wonder if you can give us a sense of how many people were in this protest and how representative that is of sentiment around the country?— representative that is of sentiment around the country? there are a few thousand of — around the country? there are a few thousand of very _ around the country? there are a few thousand of very radicalised - around the country? there are a few thousand of very radicalised groups. i thousand of very radicalised groups. i don't think they express the sentiments of the majority of the

brazilians. the majority of them voted and, the majority that respected the result, but they are very radicalised group that gathered together through social media and so, i think it is... it is the first time we have this kind of movement in brazil, so it is serious. it is on the rise — in brazil, so it is serious. it is on the rise and _ in brazil, so it is serious. it is on the rise and obviously - in brazil, so it is serious. it is on the rise and obviously people aren't making comparisons or drawing connections between this and what happened with the storming of the us capitol two years ago, almost to the day. what sort of connection is do you make there? should we be looking at the two things together? i think so, ithink at the two things together? i think so, i think so. _ at the two things together? i think so, i think so. bolsonaro - at the two things together? i think so, i think so. bolsonaro mirrored| so, i think so. bolsonaro mirrored tramp. he aspired himself in trump and i think this movement inspired

itself by what happened on capitol hill on the 6th of january. itself by what happened on capitol hill on the 6th ofjanuary. i think also some small—scale, there are connections between this right—wing movement. but i think that basically they saw the example of what happened in the united states and they prepared to have their capitol, theirjanuary the 6th, in january theirjanuary the 6th, in january the 9th. �* ., , ., theirjanuary the 6th, in january the9th.�* ., , , the 9th. and that is a pretty significant _ the 9th. and that is a pretty significant thing, _ the 9th. and that is a pretty significant thing, isn't - the 9th. and that is a pretty significant thing, isn't it? i the 9th. and that is a pretty - significant thing, isn't it? because you are saying that you do see that what happened in the us inspired what happened in the us inspired what we are currently seeing in brazil, which would mean that what happened in the us, with the storming of congress, has ripple effects everywhere, especially when it comes to right—wing politics? yes, i think so, especially when you have extreme right leadership

that... stimulate this kind of movements and this happened with both jair bolsonaro, clearly, during his whole government and after his defeat he still related to those groups and those groups went in front of the military buildings to, to military command to ask for military intervention and they were there until yesterday. and in some places in brazil, they are still there, so at this moment probably went to brasilia, and so, i think it was really... the united states was really an inspiration, unfortunately.- really an inspiration, unfortunately. really an inspiration, unfortunatel . �* ., really an inspiration, unfortunatel. �* ., , unfortunately. and there have been calls by the — unfortunately. and there have been calls by the protesters _ unfortunately. and there have been calls by the protesters to _ unfortunately. and there have been calls by the protesters to the - calls by the protesters to the military, directed to the military asking them to overturn mr lula da silva's win. where does the military stand in all this? i

silva's win. where does the military stand in all this?— stand in all this? i think that militarily. — stand in all this? i think that militarily, they _ stand in all this? i think that militarily, they won't - stand in all this? i think that militarily, they won't do - stand in all this? i think that l militarily, they won't do this, stand in all this? i think that - militarily, they won't do this, they won't intervene. they are trying to... the cost of intervention is very high. internationally, as much as domestically. and the military no that they can do this. but anyway, in spite of the fact there are several military, they sympathise with you, with bolsonaro and the bolsonaro supporter groups, but i don't think they will do anything at all. i think they will respect the constitution and their rule, their constitutional road. we constitution and their rule, their constitutional road.— constitution and their rule, their constitutional road. we have talked a little bit about _ constitutional road. we have talked a little bit about some _ constitutional road. we have talked a little bit about some of _ constitutional road. we have talked a little bit about some of the - a little bit about some of the similarities between what is happening in brasilia and what happened with the us congress two years ago, but what are the differences that you see, that could mean that the situation turns out differently from what happened in

the us? i differently from what happened in the us? 4' differently from what happened in the us? ~ ., ., the us? i think that in the end of the us? i think that in the end of the da , the us? i think that in the end of the day. they _ the us? i think that in the end of the day, they will— the us? i think that in the end of the day, they will lose. _ the us? i think that in the end of the day, they will lose. and - the us? i think that in the end of the day, they will lose. and so, i j the day, they will lose. and so, i think that the result will be the same as in the united states. they won't successful. but... but same as in the united states. they won't successful. but. . ._ same as in the united states. they won't successful. but... but do you think that some _ won't successful. but... but do you think that some damage _ won't successful. but... but do you think that some damage will - won't successful. but... but do you think that some damage will be - won't successful. but... but do you i think that some damage will be done, just from the fact that this has happened at all? i just from the fact that this has happened at all?— just from the fact that this has ha ened at all? ~' ., ., happened at all? i think the damage is done already. _ happened at all? i think the damage is done already. a _ happened at all? i think the damage is done already. a good, _ happened at all? i think the damage is done already. a good, sound - is done already. a good, sound democracy cannot have this kind of contestation of electoral results. and this will... this will, they already have done this, so i think that we have consequences. consequences for this, but it all depends on how the government will deal with them and with people that

voted for bolsonaro and are not in brasilia, voted for bolsonaro and went to their houses and accepted the results. but let's remember that the results. but let's remember that the difference between lula and bolsonaro was very tiny, and so, great... a great number of brazilians didn't vote for lula, didn't vote cash they did vote for bolsonaro, and it all will depend on how the lula government would try to pacfiy how the lula government would try to pacify and to bring back normalcy in brazil political life. bud pacify and to bring back normalcy in brazil political life.— brazil political life. and i suppose that is one _ brazil political life. and i suppose that is one key — brazil political life. and i suppose that is one key similarity, - brazil political life. and i suppose that is one key similarity, isn't i that is one key similarity, isn't it, between the united states and brazil, in that the populations are quite divided politically. thank you forjoining us, maria herminia tavares, political scientist at the university of sao paulo. very good

to have you talk through that, thank you. just to remind you of what has been happening... in the past hour, the brazilian senator randolfe rodrigues has tweeted saying that... the president of brazil's national congress, rodrigo pacheco, also denounced the actions of bolsonaro's supporters. he said... later on, we will be getting a bit

more on this. we are watching closely what is happening in brasilia and we will also hear from our correspondent in los angeles. that is, for little later in the programme. our correspondent in washington, it will be, actually. but for now... president biden has arrived to the city of el paso, for his first visit to the us southern border with mexico since taking office. record numbers of migrants have crossed over recently — prompting the white house to announce new curbs. our north america correspondent, sophie long, is there for us. hello, sophie. you have been waiting for the arrival of president biden and he is there now?— and he is there now? yes, i can confirm that — and he is there now? yes, i can confirm that president - and he is there now? yes, i can confirm that president biden i and he is there now? yes, i can - confirm that president biden arrived here in el pasojust confirm that president biden arrived here in el paso just over half a narrow go. he should be now on his way to the busiest port of entry in el paso, the bridge of the americas, it is the second biggest port of entry along the whole of this us southern border. there he will be

meeting border control agents and federal, state and local officials, who have all been struggling to cope with the surge in numbers of migrants crossing the rio grande into el paso. those numbers peaked into el paso. those numbers peaked in the last two months of last year. we don't yet know if you will be coming here. iam in downtown we don't yet know if you will be coming here. i am in downtown el paso, about three miles from that port of entry, but you can see behind me there are a number of migrants gathered here and i am told that this whole area over the past few days since we heard about president biden's visit has been cleared of migrants, but there are still a few hundred who have been sleeping on the streets of el paso because they have nowhere else to go. don't be deceived by the sunshine, it is warm and bright and sunny now, but it is bitterly, bitterly cold at night and many of those migrants are dependent on hand—outs from church missions and local residents in order to survive. president biden's trip comes after announcing a raft of new measures that he hopes will ease the surge in

numbers here. they have attracted a great amount of criticism from some migrant advocates, who say that they are to enforcement heavy. that is to say, they focus too much on the expulsion of migrants and not for easing the path in. the biden administration, however, will say there are avenues they have opened, legal avenues to help migrants come to the united states and steer them away from people smugglers. now, they have been accused of it being a well a bar of wealth that they would have to achieve because under these new plans they would have to have to have a sponsor in the united states, they would have to apply for asylum in their home countries or one of the country is on the way to the border and also these details are just being ironed out at the moment, but it is thought they may have to fly to the united states. but alejandro, who was travelling with the president, has said that if you go to people smugglers, on average they are paying around $6,000, so it is not a wealth ban at all. itruiith

is not a wealth ban at all. with that being _ is not a wealth ban at all. with that being said, _ is not a wealth ban at all. with that being said, sophie, i wonder what sort of mood greets president biden in el paso? are people optimistic about his plan? while, i think, as with _ optimistic about his plan? while, i think, as with almost _ optimistic about his plan? while, i think, as with almost everything . optimistic about his plan? while, i j think, as with almost everything in america at the moment, opinion is deeply divided on his visit. some people here welcome and applaud his visit and say they are grateful that he is making the effort to witness the situation first hand. others, though, say this is far too little too late. this is his first trip to the border into years of his presidency and some have accused him of political posturing. there is now another presidential election looming on the horizon in 202a. so i think with everything, there is a division of opinion here, but i think people at el paso, people who live here and have been coping with the influx of migrants in november and december of last year do appreciate him taking the time. part of his measures he announced on thursday last week will be to expel

up thursday last week will be to expel up to 30,000 migrants who don't meet the new criteria set out to mexico. in order for that to the new criteria set out to mexico. in orderfor that to happen, of course, he will need the mexican president on board. when he leaves el paso, he is due to be here for three hours, his next stop is mexico city, where he will meet the mexican president and the day after he will have talks with justin president and the day after he will have talks withjustin trudeau of canada as well. have talks with justin trudeau of canada as well.— have talks with justin trudeau of canada as well. 0k, thank you very much, canada as well. 0k, thank you very much. sophie. _ canada as well. 0k, thank you very much, sophie, sophie _ canada as well. 0k, thank you very much, sophie, sophie long - canada as well. 0k, thank you very l much, sophie, sophie long reporting there from el paso on the us— mexico border, where president biden has arrived. let's take you back now to events in brazil, as we have been reporting on supporters of the recently defeated jair bolsonaro having invaded national congress. talking to as now, our correspondent in washington, david willis. good to see you. as soon as this news broke, people were making comparisons with the events that happened at the capitol two years ago. what is the response been there in

washingtonabsolutely, nancy, this all all has echoes of the events that happened there just all all has echoes of the events that happened there— all all has echoes of the events that happened there 'ust over two ears a . o, that happened there 'ust over two years ago. when _ that happened there 'ust over two years ago, when we _ that happened there just over two years ago, when we saw- years ago, when we saw insurrectionists basically lay siege to the capitol building here in the us capitol, washington, dc. it is worth making the point that dreyer bolsonaro is an ally of donald trump, he is a far right politician and the reports on the ground suggest that thousands of his supporters have invaded the national congress, the supreme court and the presidential palace. reuters is reporting that protesters broke through a blockade that was set up by security forces and invaded ministries in the congress building in brasilia. now, initially it seemed that these protests were peaceful, but then came reports that some of the protesters were breaking windows and causing other damage, and the police have apparently had

to use stem bombs and pepper sprays, but there are some elements of the mob which apparently they have been unable to contain. so this is a fluid, ongoing situation. jair bolsonaro, of course, was not present, as is tradition to hand over the presidential sash to the man who won the election, luis inacio lula da silva. and bolsonaro was actually in florida on new year's day, when that inauguration took place. and he is, to all intents and purposes, been in the united states, in florida since then and hasn't returned to brazil. his whereabouts somewhat under question at the moment. bud whereabouts somewhat under question at the moment-— at the moment. and 'ust in terms of how the at the moment. and 'ust in terms of new the state _ at the moment. and 'ust in terms of how the state is — at the moment. and just in terms of how the state is responding - at the moment. and just in terms of how the state is responding to - at the moment. and just in terms of how the state is responding to this, | how the state is responding to this,

what can you tell us about that? because speaking earlier to maria herminia tavares from the university of sao paulo, she seemed to think that the response had been quite muted so far from the government. well, according to reports that we are getting here, lula's workers' party has asked the office of the top public prosecutor there in brazil to order public security forces to act, as they put it, in containing the demonstrators. so, as i say, this is an ongoing situation, nancy, and it will become clear, i am sure, as the hours go by, how serious it is, but certainly the pictures we are seeing suggest that a large number ofjair bolsonaro's supporters are involved in these protests. so it is going to take some time to clear the situation and

restore those buildings to normality. it restore those buildings to normality-— restore those buildings to normali . . ., , , , restore those buildings to normali. . ., i, , ., normality. it certainly seems that wa and normality. it certainly seems that way and we _ normality. it certainly seems that way and we continue _ normality. it certainly seems that way and we continue to _ normality. it certainly seems that way and we continue to keep - normality. it certainly seems that way and we continue to keep an l normality. it certainly seems that i way and we continue to keep an eye on developments there. but one of the other things that maria herminia tavares said from sao paulo it is that she felt this was directly inspired by the storming of the us capital. i wonder, inspired by the storming of the us capital. iwonder, will this inspired by the storming of the us capital. i wonder, will this cause even further reflection in the united states about what happened on january six in the us capitol? it is a tood january six in the us capitol? it is a good question _ january six in the us capitol? it 3 a good question and we have had a lot of reflection, of course, courtesy of the select committee that was set up to look into the storming of the capitol building on the 6th of january two years ago, and they concluded, amongst other things, that criminal charges should be brought against the former president, donald trump, for fomenting the violence, which broke out on that fateful day. and of

course, just a couple of days ago, marking the second anniversary, we saw president biden giving out presidential medals to people who were involved in some way, where victims of what happened in the violence that broke out on that day, including two medals that were given posture mostly to the relatives of police officers who died as a result of the violence on that day, the 6th of the violence on that day, the 6th of january two years of the violence on that day, the 6th ofjanuary two years ago. so it is very much etched in the minds of people here, and a lot of the people have been on the floor of the house of representatives over the last few days as they have been struggling to elect a new speaker, a lot of those people remember all too well having to dive beneath their desks, barricade themselves into their offices to clear themselves from the violence, to evade the violence that broke out on that occasion.-

broke out on that occasion. right. we will leave _ broke out on that occasion. right. we will leave it _ broke out on that occasion. right. we will leave it there, _ broke out on that occasion. right. we will leave it there, but - broke out on that occasion. right. we will leave it there, but thank l we will leave it there, but thank you very much, david, joining us from washington to reflect on this story, as it develops, as we have been reporting, thousands of supporters of brazil's recently defeated president, jair bolsonaro, have invaded the national congress building in brasilia. that situation is now being handled, as we continue to keep an eye on that for you. let's look elsewhere for now, though. for the first time in nearly three years, china has lifted quarantine rules for people arriving from abroad. it's the final step in the government's dismantling of its zero—covid policies. the abrupt change has driven a rapid rise in coronavirus cases and has prompted other countries to impose restrictions on chinese tourists. so let's take a look at some of those who want reassurance before travellers from china arrive on their shores. the united states and the uk are introducing compulsory pre—flight covid—i9 tests. india wants proof of a negative covid—i9 test no more than 72 hours prior to departure for those arriving from china, hong kong, as well as those arriving from japan, south korea,

singapore and thailand. south korea will impose testing before and after arriving in the country as well as restricting the issue of short—term visas for chinese nationals. japan and italy require testing upon arrival and quarantine for those who test positive. malaysia says it will begin screening all inbound travellers from china and elsewhere for fever. australia, canada, france, spain and several other countries are also all imposing some kind of covid testing or vaccination requirements. let's hear now from our correspondent, martin yip. time to go home, finally. here at the hong kong checkpoint, travellers came streaming on again this sunday morning heading for the western province. this is in mainland china. the crowd is much smaller in size than before, but still lively

after almost three years of covid restrictions. even though the risk of catching covid is still high. translation: i'm pretty excited. it's easier to head home now. i booked my shuttle bus ticket right away to go see my family there. the outbreak in mainland china has been going on for months, but i'm a bit worried because i have never got covid before. and the bridge checkpoint is just one of them. more people have taken the metro train heading to the north of the border. hong kong's leader is eager to check how things are going. at present, up to 50,000 can cross the border daily, but he promises to discuss fully reopening the border with his mainland china counterparts. for some, the reopening is way too quick. china says it is still in control. translation: downgrading covid does i not mean letting it out of control. i rather, we have been

more scientific, targeted and efficient in our response. we can do better in coordinating pandemic response and economic development. stay with us here on bbc news, thank you for watching, goodbye for now. good evening. it certainly has been a sunday of sunny spells and scattered showers. but don't take my word for it, take a look at this weather watcher picture, a beautiful rainbow in the sky of cornwall, but wet weather on the roads as those showers eased through. there's going to be further showers to come, actually, over the next couple of days. and overnight, we still keep the low pressure to the north. most of the showers out to the west. but for a time, we will see some clearer skies. favoured spots for that's likely to be through eastern scotland and eastern england. and under those clearer skies, temperatures are likely to fall away. so it'll be a chillier start to monday morning in comparison to of late, low single figures here. so, we start off on monday, still that low pressure into the far north—west, the wind direction swinging round to a north—westerly, a fresher source, that'll drive plenty of showers into northern

and western scotland, northern ireland, north—west england and wales. some of those showers will push a little bit further east, but that's where we'll see the best of the drier, brighter weather. a cooler feel generally, then, 6—8 degrees quite widely. we mightjust scrape double figures somewhere in the south—west. then as we go through monday evening for a time, we'll have clearer skies. but out to the west is the next set of fronts that's going to bring more cloud and rain as it does so. and that means we will start to see those temperatures then a little bit milder to begin with on tuesday morning. so for tuesday, it's going to be a wet and windy day for many as these frontal systems start to push their way steadily north and east, and we'll start to see this wedge of milder air arriving as we go through the day. so, tuesday will be a milder day with the wind direction swinging round to a south—westerly, quite a lot of cloud around, quite wet at times. maybe in the cooler air there'll be a period of snow, but then that eases to rain

as the mild air pushes in. and it's going to be a windy afternoon, 30—40 mph gusts of winds for many. and those temperatures, though, look at this, back up into double figures. we could see highs of ia degrees in the south—west. so, tuesday will be mild, wet and windy. what's in store for wednesday? well, those frontal systems will ease away. we still keep quite a few isobars on the chart. again, the winds swing round to more of a westerly, so it won't be quite as warm. and because it's a westerly direction, still feeding in showers from the west. so throughout the week, it's going to stay pretty windy at times and staying quite unsettled.

this is bbc news. the latest headlines. thousands of supporters of the recently defeated former president of brazil, jair bolsonaro, have stormed the country's national congress in brasilia. demonstrators wrapped in the national flag quickly overwhelmed police and entered the complex. other protestors have invaded the presidential palace, supreme court and some ministry buildings. mr bolsonaro, who is now in florida, lost the october election to the socialist candidate lula da silva. international travellers are streaming into china after it fully opened its borders for the first time since the start of the covid pandemic. people arriving in the country no longer need to quarantine and chinese citizens are allowed to go overseas.