tv Newsday BBC News January 9, 2023 1:00am-1:31am GMT
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welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines: thousands of supporters of brazil's former president jair bolsonaro storm the country's parliament — president lula promises tough action. translation: we think there was a lack of security and i wanted to tell you that all those people who did this will be found and punished. some protestors remain inside government buildings. we'll get the latest from our correspondent in brazil. also coming up on newsday: prince harry says he never intended to hurt his father or brother by writing a memoir, and talks about his mother's funeral.
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the decision was made for both of us to work behind our mother's koppen, and there is absolutely no way i would let do that by himself, there is no way would let me do that by myself, if it was role reversal. president biden visits america's border with mexico for the first time since taking office as the area struggles to cope with record numbers of illegal crossings. and emotional reunions at airports in china as its borders reopen for the first time since the start of the pandemic nearly three years ago. thousands of protestors have stormed government buildings in brazil's capital, brasilia, including the senate, the congress, supreme court, and the presidential palace.
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most seemed to be supporters of jair bolsonaro — the right—wing former president who lost power in last year's election. security forces fired tear gas as they moved in to re—take the buildings — making dozens of arrests. brazil's president lula, who was not in brasilia when the violence broke out, has promised to hunt down and punish the people responsible. we begin our coverage with this report from tom brada. in the past few minutes jair bolsonaro has condemned the pillaging and invasions. a wave of unrest at the heart of brazilian politics. supporters of former brazilian presidentjair bolsonaro stormed three key sites in the capital stop they broke into the national congress building stop streamed into the supreme court. in ransacked parts of the presidential palace. the
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president speaking in sao paulo gave this morning. mil president speaking in sao paulo gave this morning.— gave this morning. all those eo - le gave this morning. all those peeple who _ gave this morning. all those people who did _ gave this morning. all those people who did this - gave this morning. all those people who did this will - gave this morning. all those people who did this will be l people who did this will be found and punished. they will realise democracy guarantees the right to freedom and free speech but, it also demands that people respect the institutions created to strengthen demott c. the chaotic scenes _ strengthen demott c. the chaotic scenes came - strengthen demott c. the chaotic scenes came a - strengthen demott c. the chaotic scenes came a week after president lula's inauguration, he defeated jair bolsonaro in the polls in october but many of his daughters without evidence claimed the election was stolen. �* , stolen. i. i'm here in this peaceful— stolen. i. i'm here in this peaceful demonstration i stolen. i. i'm here in this- peaceful demonstration because i don't agree with the electoral court we want new elections, clean ballot boxes. we don't believe that this election was democratic, there are several indications there was — are several indications there was fraud and corruption. since that october—
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was fraud and corruption. since that october verdict, _ was fraud and corruption. since that october verdict, the - that october verdict, the supporters ofjair that october verdict, the supporters of jair bolsonaro have staged protesters, blocked highways and openly called for a military coup. some say authorities should have been better prepared.— authorities should have been better prepared. really didn't seem to be — better prepared. really didn't seem to be a _ better prepared. really didn't seem to be a police _ better prepared. really didn't seem to be a police presence| better prepared. really didn't i seem to be a police presence on the capital you would expect something like this to happen, hardly any law enforcement on the street, police barricades easily overthrown by these jair bolsonaro supporters and it is a messjust bolsonaro supporters and it is a mess just now bolsonaro supporters and it is a messjust now in bolsonaro supporters and it is a mess just now in the capital. many drawing comparisons with the us capital rights in 2021, but president lula has already taken power and because the congress and supreme court are in recess official buildings are largely empty. regardless, this unreasonable raise uncomfortable questions. the - resident uncomfortable questions. the president is — uncomfortable questions. tue: president is ready uncomfortable questions. tte: president is ready to uncomfortable questions. tt2 president is ready to go, he is governing, this is a very serious issue, it's a very serious issue, it's a very serious event, as a break of
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the democratic roots.- the democratic roots. many ho ed the democratic roots. many heped the _ the democratic roots. many hoped the election - the democratic roots. many hoped the election of - the democratic roots. many hoped the election of jair. hoped the election of jair bolsonaro to what ushered in a karma chat and brazilian politics, these dramatic scenes suggest that these aspirations were premature. jair bolsonaro has been tweeting about the events in one of the tweets he said. he said pillaging and public invasions of the public buildings such as those of 2013 and 2017 are outside the law stop. i'm joined now by the bbc�*s frances mao in brasilia. you've been talking to people out on the streets, ordinary people who haven't taken part in these protests, what are they telling you?
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the first thing people are saying when i step out onto the neighbourhood here it'sjust neighbourhood here it's just that neighbourhood here it'sjust that people say i am so sad so said this has come to fruition, in their country. so many people have expressed this is a tragic day for brazil, where only in the four —— first week of the new year, only a week on from president lula was inaugurated last week, people are feeling that, how could this expression of democracy have turned into this sort of violent protest. everyone i've spoken to evenjair bolsonaro supporters in this neighbourhood where i am a very affluent educated area only 15 minutes away by car the capital which is where i was earlier today, they say, they may not be a fan of president lula and they may not like his past history and physics rents but they are not a fan of violence that has occurred, as one jair bolsonaro supporter put it to
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me this is our capital moment he wasn't happy about that at all. he was sad that this is what the country has come to. lots of comparisons between what happened today and preserve to what happened the us capital. you had been in brasilia for the last couple of days, was there any sense the sort of protest was brewing, in momentum be building behind this? i momentum be building behind this? ., , , momentum be building behind this? . , , ., momentum be building behind this? . ,, ., , this? i happen to be in the ci on this? i happen to be in the city on the _ this? i happen to be in the city on the main _ this? i happen to be in the city on the main road - this? i happen to be in the city on the main road justl this? i happen to be in the i city on the main road just two or three hours before the violence erupted, and i saw the crowds that were gathering, but they seemed fairly peaceful small groups, this is around 11am in the morning and, they were dressed in the trademark jair bolsonaro colours, the yellow and green football jersey, draped in the flag but it seems like a straight on,
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and there was a fair bit of police presence, so streets were blockaded off from about, the blocks around the main his blood and all blocked off, i try to see some of the famous monuments of the area and you had to walk past barricades where police were checking bags, making sure there wasn't anything dangerous, but clearly two hours later the crowds became so massive and enormous, and i had heard some rally chance, but it had been fairly contained in peaceful, i was there along with other tourists, it was a surreal situation where you had, yellow clad jair bolsonaro supporters and people coming to the rally going to the national museum and taking voters in front of the famous osco name my cathedral end two hours perhaps being at these rights and
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protest, clearly there is an issue with what happened to the police presence because when i was there, there were i would say at least 60 to 80 police officers around. but, obviously it escalated. figs officers around. but, obviously it escalated-— it escalated. as you point out uuite it escalated. as you point out quite surreal— it escalated. as you point out quite surreal to _ it escalated. as you point out quite surreal to have - it escalated. as you point out quite surreal to have seen . quite surreal to have seen those sites as you and some of those sites as you and some of those other tourists have done full. what have authorities saying about being out and about on the streets now — do people stay safe on the streets? i set out onto the streets earlier this evening, the news was known and people were feeling a little tense, however p are just going about their day today, sunday eve in routine, people i spoke to on the street like i said earlier they expressed sadness and a sense of having a heavy heart that what had occurred, i spoke to one cafe owner he was
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shutting up shop when i approached him and asked how he felt when he heard the news and he said he did feel a sense of panic and was a little scared because we are only 15 minutes away from where the rights occurred, and he said that he knows we are in an area enabled that does supportjair that does support jair bolsonaro that does supportjair bolsonaro and brazil —— brazilians are very expressive you see the cars around here and bumper stickers are either for bolsonaro or president lula, people hanging flags from windows so he said he was a little bit afraid when he heard the news, some obvious regulars and normal copy customers came to his kiosk and offered him a havenif to his kiosk and offered him a haven if he needed it, in case the violence spread to this area. he made calls to loved ones, all of that but he decided to just wait it out and see if the violence did escalate, and underfoot ——
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fortunately it didn't, that is the kind of fear and anxiety around. . ~ the kind of fear and anxiety around. ., ~ i. the kind of fear and anxiety around. . ~' ,, , the kind of fear and anxiety around. ., ~ i. , . the kind of fear and anxiety around. . ~ ,, , . ., around. thank you very much for keein: around. thank you very much for keeping us _ around. thank you very much for keeping us up-to-date _ around. thank you very much for keeping us up-to-date with - around. thank you very much for keeping us up-to-date with the l keeping us up—to—date with the latest developments in brasilia, joining us on that city. the uk's prince harry has insisted he never had any intention of hurting his father or brother, king charles and prince william, by releasing a highly personal memoir. in an interview with the british network itv to promote his book, the duke of sussex said he hoped to reconcile with his family. but he also said that there had to be "some accountability" for the issues which he felt had forced him away. we should warn you, this report from our royal correspondent nicholas witchell contains some flashing images. what an original name! it is in large sections a cry from the heart. it never needed to be this way, harry says, but there are barbs for family members and sustained
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criticism of the british press. so much can be traced back to the death of his mother in the car crash in paris. harry was 12 at the time. he was at balmoral. in the audiobook, harry describes his father breaking the news. he was distressed, in shock, it seemed. "0h, hospital?" "yes, with an injury." i thought again, injured, but she's 0k. she has been taken to hospital. they will fix her and we'll go and see her. today. tonight, at the latest. "they tried, darling boy. "i am afraid she didn't make it." the family decided that harry and william should walk behind the coffin at their mother's funeral. there were a lot of conversations that happened at that time which i wasn't a part of and william wasn't a part of. he was probably more part of it than i was, but the decision was made
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that we would both walk behind our mother's coffin and there was absolutely no way i would let him do that by himself. there were still a lot of things unexplained about the accident in paris, harry said, but he saw no point in another inquiry. and then to the adult harry, to family relationships and to the reasons he felt compelled to write the story. i love my father, love my brother, i love my family, i always do. nothing of what i have done in this book or otherwise has ever been to any intention to harm them or hurt them. you know, the truth is something that i need to rely on and after many, many years of lies being told about me and my family, there comes a point where, you know, again, going back to the relationship between certain members of the family and the tabloid press, those certain members have... ..decided to get into bed
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with the devil, right? to rehabilitate their image. that appears to be a reference to his stepmother, camilla, the queen consort. in 1999, she and the then prince charles first appeared together in public. in the audiobook, harry describes how camilla then had meetings with william. stories began to appear everywhere in all the papers, about her private conversation with william, stories that contained pinpoint accurate details, none of which had come from william, of course. they could only have been leaked by the one other person present. in 2016, meghan markle came into harry's life. he introduced her to william. they were super fans. who would have thought? i never knew that. but the impression is that almost from the get go, they don't get on. is that fair? yes, fair. according to harry, members of his family were influenced against meghan by the british press.
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his hatred of them is a constant theme, but so too is his wish for reconciliation. nicholas witchell, bbc news. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: cleaning up after some of the worst flooding on record. we report from tropical cyclone—ravaged western australia. the japanese people are in mourning following the death of emperor hirohito. thousands converged on the imperial palace to pay their respects when it was announced he was dead. "good grief" — after half a century of delighting fans around the world, charlie brown and the rest of the gang are calling it quits. the singer, paul simon, starts his tour of south africa tomorrow _ in spite of protests and violence - from some _
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black activist groups. they say international artists should continue to boycott south africa _ until majority rule is established. . around the world people have been paying tribute to the iconic rock star, david bowie, who sold 140 million albums in a career that spanned half a century. his family announced overnight that he died of cancer at the age of 69. the world's tallest skyscraper opens later today. the burj dubai has easily overtaken its nearest rivals. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm karishma vaswani. our headlines: thousands of supporters of brazil's former president jair bolsonaro storm the country's parliament — president lula condemns the protesters as fascist vandals.
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prince harry says he never intended to hurt his father or brother by writing a memoir, and talks about his mother's funeral. joe biden has visited the us border with mexico for the first time since becoming president. he inspected the bridge of the americas — one of the busiest crossing points, in the texan city of el paso. the area has been struggling to cope with record numbers of illegal crossings, and the republican governor of texas, greg abbott, says mr biden's relaxation of some of donald trump's rules on immigration have made the situation worse. mr biden says he wants to expand legal routes to would—be migrants. our correspondent sophie long sent this update from el paso. everyone here has stories of suffering and survival, even those two young do yet comprehend or communicate them. few now deny there is a humanitarian crisis along the us southern border but there is deep disagreement about what should be done to resolve it. president biden that those who patrol this border day and night. the agents, his opponents say under his administration have become little more than welcoming
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committees. yara came with her husband and three children. it took months to travel here from venezuela. they've already been deported once but, undeterred, they made the dangerous journey back across the border. they left because of the broken economy, she says. and tells me she wants president biden to give them the chance to work. but yarad and herfamily give them the chance to work. but yarad and her family are exactly the people joe but yarad and her family are exactly the peoplejoe biden has told not to come. they have no relations here, no plan and they've entered illegally. just weeks ago, thousands poured across the border here. el paso's streets were strewn with people who had nowhere else to sleep. elio tells me a few nights ago, 400 migrants were clearfrom this site. nights ago, 400 migrants were clear from this site. they were handcuffed and loaded onto
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buses. the few that remained had the right documentation. these papers, he says, i his protection. critics of this visit sayjoe biden has had a sanitised view, that it is political posturing is another presidential election looms. others believe it is simply too little, too late. president biden's presence will certainly shone a light on the plight of people but his visit lasted less than a few hours. what's happening in el paso and other cities along the border is the result of a system that's been failing for decades and with washington divided, it's unlikely there will be a real and lasting solution anytime soon. 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
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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—19 tests. india wants proof of a negative covid—19 test no more than 72 hours prior to departure for those arriving from china, south korea will impose testing before and after arriving in the country. 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 all imposing some kind of covid testing or vaccination requirements. as we've been hearing the toughest restrictions have been put in place by neighbouring south korea, as our correspondent in seoul,
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nick marsh, reports. welcome to seoul. unless, that is, you are from china. roughly a third of all chinese arrivals have tested positive for covid—19 since new rules were brought in last week. several countries around the world have reimposed testing requirements in response to china's covid surge but south korea has gone one further, stopping just one further, stopping just short of an all—out one further, stopping just short of an all—out travel ban. these people have just arrived from shanghai. before they flew they had to take a test. now they've landed in seoul, they are going to have to take another test and wait until they get that result. if that result is positive, they are going to have to spend seven daysin going to have to spend seven days in a quarantine hotel and these are some of the few people that are even being allowed into the country because the south korean
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government has effectively suspended all tourist visas for those arriving from china. one man who tested positive took the law into his own hands. he ran away when he was brought to a quarantine hotel for foreigners. he spent two days on the run before he was caught and arrested. even so, back at the airport, security seemed quite relaxed. i even managed to speak to this businessman who derived from shanghai. what do you think about these new rules? t do you think about these new rules? ~ �* . do you think about these new rules? ~' �* , ., rules? ithink it's ok. i have been through _ rules? ithink it's ok. i have been through much - rules? ithink it's ok. i have been through much worse, l rules? i think it's ok. i have i been through much worse, so this is ok for me, yeah. it's not that bad. he this is ok for me, yeah. it's not that bad.— not that bad. he wasn't bothered, _ not that bad. he wasn't bothered, but - not that bad. he wasn't bothered, but the - not that bad. he wasn't i bothered, but the chinese government is. they called the rule is unacceptable. so what is south korea's justification? translation: there is no monitoring for new variants in
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china at the moment and there is no transparency. tt china at the moment and there is no transparency.— is no transparency. if anyone comes in. — is no transparency. if anyone comes in. it _ is no transparency. if anyone comes in, it would _ is no transparency. if anyone comes in, it would be i is no transparency. if anyone comes in, it would be a i comes in, it would be a disasterfor comes in, it would be a disaster for the comes in, it would be a disasterfor the korean disaster for the korean healthcare system. we currently have a lot of hospitalisations and deaths already. hat have a lot of hospitalisations and deaths already.- and deaths already. not all exerts and deaths already. not all exoerts agree _ and deaths already. not all experts agree and - and deaths already. not all experts agree and not i and deaths already. not all i experts agree and not everyone here thinks this is a purely medical decision. this woman arrived from hong kong so she, like those coming from mainland china, is also required to take a test. iiit china, is also required to take a test. , . china, is also required to take a test. , , ., a test. in my mind, it is not scientific— a test. in my mind, it is not scientific at _ a test. in my mind, it is not scientific at all. _ a test. in my mind, it is not scientific at all. for - a test. in my mind, it is not scientific at all. for me, i l scientific at all. for me, i feel like a little bit unfair on this side.— feel like a little bit unfair on this side. , . ., , on this side. the restrictions are suoposed _ on this side. the restrictions are supposed to _ on this side. the restrictions are supposed to last - on this side. the restrictions are supposed to last at i on this side. the restrictions are supposed to last at least on this side. the restrictions i are supposed to last at least a month to give scientists time to gather data. in this popular tourist area, street vendor �*s are missing out. it's been three years now without chinese tourists. the more the merrier, this man says. but he, as well as would—be tourists from
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china, will have to wait a little bit longer. nick marsh, bbc news, seoul. parts of western australia have begun the huge task of cleaning up after the state's worst flooding on record. torrential rain from ex—tropical cyclone ellie has swamped the kimberley region — an area almost three times the size of the united kingdom. from sydney — phil mercer reports. in northern parts of western australia, there's water as far as you can see. this is a land well used to nature's extremes. but these are record—breaking floodwaters. as we know, people in the kimberley are experiencing a 1—in—100—year flood event. the worst flooding western australia has had in its history. this situation continues to change, and is proving to be extremely challenging for residents in the region. a huge inland sea has been
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surging towards the coast after the fitzroy river swamped the town of fitzroy crossing. dozens of residents have been rescued by helicopter and military aircraft have been delivering food and medicine. a huge inland sea has been surging towards the coast after the fitzroy river swamped the town of fitzroy crossing. a huge inland sea has been surging towards the coast after the fitzroy river swamped the town of fitzroy crossing. dozens of residents have been rescued by helicopter and military aircraft have been delivering food and medicine. it's not something i've seen before. i've got to say, it is just an incredibly immense amount of water on the ground and any photo you see won't do the scale of itjustice. the severe weather has abated, water levels are receding, but the flooding is moving west, threatening other isolated communities. it could take months, if not longerfor roads, bridges, homes and livelihoods to be rebuilt. phil mercer, bbc news, sydney. that report brings us to the end of this hour of newsday. thank you so much forjoining me. from me and the rest of the
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team at newsday, do to stay tuned to the bbc the latest global headlines and analysis. i will see you back for newsday tomorrow. hello. after a rather wet and windy first week of january 2023, we're heading into the second week on a similar note. unsettled weather on the cards through the week ahead, often fairly wet and windy, mainly rather mild for the time of year, although temperatures will fluctuate a bit through the next couple of days. but let's take a look at the expected rainfall that's going to be accumulating through this week. it's always going to be wettest in the west with our weather coming from the atlantic, particularly for parts of wales, for instance, there could be around 100 millimetres of rain falling here. i have northwest, england, western scotland for instance too. so the potential perhaps for some flooding, particularly in the west through this week. at the moment we've got low pressure to the north of the uk, winds rotating around that from a north
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westerly direction. so not quite as mild as it has been of late. we've still got the much milder air sitting out in the wings and that's on the way for tuesday. during monday, then a day of sunshine and showers, quite chilly start some eastern areas. showers drifting their way eastwards almost anywhere through the morning. but by the afternoon there'll be more concentrated for northern ireland, western scotland, perhaps into north west england and north wales. for the south and east, though, things are looking a little bit drier by the afternoon, six to ten degrees and noticeable breeze blowing, particularly across north western parts of the uk where it is going to be quite windy. but the winds ease and the showers fade away for a time monday evening and overnight. so cool and clearfor a time. but during the early hours of tuesday, the next area of low pressure drives this cloud rain and strengthening winds in from the west, just holding onto the clearer and colder conditions for the far east of scotland and england into tuesday morning. tuesday's weather, though, dominated by this frontal system pushing eastwards across the uk. lots of isobars on the chart there and we're going to be in between the warm front and the cold front. so in this warm sector of air, so temperatures are going to be pretty mild for the time of year, but it is going to be
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wet and it's going to be windy. rain almost anywhere to start the day, some snow for a time over the higher ground of scotland, too, the main bulk of rain pushing northwards and eastwards, followed by heavy downpours from the west later on. and it really will feel windy, i think wherever you are, gusts inland, 30 to 40 miles per hour. but around the exposed coast, it could be 50, possibly 60 miles per hour, even higher than that potentially later across the north of scotland. so temperatures in the north, seven or eight degrees. but further south, we're looking at 13 or 14 celsius tuesday afternoon. things then remain pretty unsettled really for much of the week ahead. a hint that things turn a little bit cooler, though, through the course of the coming weekend. bye bye.
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