after the fall of the early november night. this is day double the news live from building form of brazilian president lucy natio lula da silva has been released from prison google was jailed on corruption charges in april last year as supreme court judge ordered his release until his appeal has been heard. germany marks the 30th anniversary of the full of the berlin wall because of the city's most symbolic landmark the brandenburg gate it's the center of this week's celebrations

a giant installation carries the hopes and dreams of 30000 berliners written on colored ribbons. and verges inspiring him to the polls in the 4th general election in his many years at it seems unlikely that the snap but will resolve the deadlock that is don't the country's pop. i'm anthony how it welcome to the program for my brazilian president louis ignatius lula da silva has been released from prison and could achieve the leftist populist politician was welcomed by a crowd of cheering supporters his release was ordered by a judge after brazil's supreme court ruled that defendants who are still appealing convictions could be free to leave his job on corruption charges in april last year he's denied wrongdoing and appealed the verdict. well for more i'm joined by

journalist dom phillips in rio de janeiro dumb little was sentenced to 12 years behind bars has he's release come as a surprise and what does this now mean for the opposition. hasn't come as a surprise it's been kind of expected because the supreme court has been debating this issue for quite some time and the decision was expected it's actually the feds on the supreme court has changed its mind on this in the last decade but it is good news for the opposition which is really struggled against the far rights government of president john i was an arrow is a very powerful think that this was kind of his sort of fight today when his official twitter put out a video it working out of the gin with the theme to rocky to feel rocky and so it's good news for the opposition and he's a very strong powerful and capable political leader his talent over the political scene in brazil even while in prison. well he's getting stronger lolo was the favorite to win last year's presidential election as we remember what chance now

he'll be making a comeback. well under brazil's so-called clean slate law he's not allowed to stand as it stands at present because he still has a conviction he's appealing that conviction would be a fiction still stands. but he's challenging not commit conviction because an investigation by an investigative news cycle the intercept brazil showed me judge him colluded and advised prosecutors in the big corruption probe that ended up with him in jail and that's one of the factors that has driven this new green court decision which was made yesterday if a go for a no his conviction which is what his party and his lawyers want to happen he still has a bunch of other cases against him but this is brazil and anything can happen. he is a very very resilient political figure so i certainly wouldn't rule it out in the future or by right now phillips in radio thank you.

well the german capital is revving up to mark 30 years since the fall of the berlin wall celebrations and commemorations have got underway at the brandenburg gate once the symbol of germany's division into east and west the w. political correspondent sumon young has been taking a look at preparations for saturday's festivities. the brandenburg gate is the centerpiece of these celebrations marking 30 years since the fall of the berlin wall the brandenburg gate that stood back then in 1909 in the death zone between east and west where nobody could cross and this is of course a commemoration of history and the sadness is that go with that but also of hope for the future above me you can see this colorful cloud of freedom as it's called earth $30000.00 strips of paper with people's hopes for the future written on them and they've suspended them here in this colorful art installation one of the many

creative ideas that to berlin is have come up with to celebrate this anniversary and tonight despite the rain there are still plenty of tourists in berlin as you've come down here to the brandenburg gate to have a look at what's going on to share their stories with each other and to sort of enjoy this atmosphere of street party a bit we're seeing you can see the brandenburg gate behind me and in front of it the stage where on saturday evening evening the night that november will be the big garlow show with all christers and d.j.'s the v.i.p.'s will of course all be here but many berliners i'm sure will be here they're wanting to join in this celebration of how the world and berlin in particular have changed in the last 30 years. the devil is simon young there part of our special coverage on the events that led up to the fall of the berlin wall 30 years ago and we'll be live for the

ceremonies and commemorations all day on saturday. well november 9th is a fateful day in german history as we just heard it marks the fall of the berlin wall that it also is the date of the night of the broken glass and not in 30 attacked jewish people and property the start of the systematic persecution of jews that led to the horrors of the holocaust. and ups it was not given out 55696 names read aloud by members of the jewish community in berlin names of berlin victims of the holocaust a service to commemorate the night of broken glass took place under visible police protection with recent anti-semitic attacks fresh in people's memory. and to them it isn't anti-semitism is on the rise could it be that we need to find new ways of remembering. perhaps we must take new paths to fight and he semitism.

which is most. most the office suggested that if every german student visited israel once it might prevent programs from happening in the future in the night from november 9th to november 10th 1938 nazis set thousands of jewish synagogues shops and residences on fire across germany and austria hundreds of jews were killed or imprisoned berlin's mayor also sounded a warning about the present. again and again people are attacks when they come out of a synagogue where a jewish skullcap speak hebrew. each of these incidents is one too many there intolerable and yet they keep happening. $6000000.00 jews were killed in the holocaust reading all the names of the berlin victims alone took a total of 7 hours. out of some of the other stories making news around the world.

clashes have erupted between protesters and iraqi security forces in bastra as anti-government demonstrations into the 3rd week of a 250 protesters have been killed in baghdad in the southern port city of beslan many by live ammunition. an earthquake in northwestern iran has killed at least 6 people and injured more than 300 others a magnitude 5.9 events struck early on friday in iran's. mountainous east in azerbaijan province it was followed by more than 60 aftershocks. brushfires in eastern australia have been burning out of control with firefighters describing the situation as unprecedented the affected area covers a 1000 kilometer stretch of coast many residents have been told to evacuate. police in the u.k. have released details of the $39.00 vietnamese people found dead in

a refrigerated truck in london last month 2 of the victims of the apparent human smuggling ring with 15 years old a majority of them came from the same problems in vietnam. hong kong is on high alert as pro-democracy demonstrators promised more protests after one of the number died the 22 year old fell from a building hundreds have gathered to mourn his death valley and to continue the fight for freedom. protesters held a vigil for child say look at a makeshift memorial near where he was 1st found injured on monday. events leading up to what happened to him are still unclear but it's believed he fell from a multistory car park after police fired tear gas during a protest he succumbed to his injuries on friday. prominent activists joshua wong called for the people of hong kong to stay united we mourn together and we urge all the people wear black you should you get or the day. and

tomorrow we show our side dorothy and unity and now is the time for the government to set up the in the band as investigation on the clash we need to know and see for truth and justice and which is really insane and on reasonable for how to gotham and allow the police attempted murder hold on people. later protesters blocked roads set street fires and vandalized subway stations. riot police fired tear gas at least 2 places and they've been accused of using excessive force including the regular use of tear gas and pepper spray. protests started in june initially because of a planned extradition deal to mainland china however shortly afterwards demonstrations turned to mainly demanding democratic reforms more protests are expected on the weekend the death of child say law could well for their heighten

tensions are all. well dave mathias building a is in hong kong right at the spot where the young man fell into the we asked him if a police promise to investigate the death of chance and luck will satisfy protests they have promised it as you say they have already. altered their version of the events that timetable off the events after some footage by passes by dashboard corfu tige showed that their 1st version that they had not been inside before he fell was wrong so this did of course not contribute to more trust in the police and we've just heard what joshua long saadat is the open you know of many people here and it's one being one of the team ons for a long time now people want an inventor independent investigation into what the police has been doing that day and the weeks before and anything else will not

satisfy the protesters they will continue going on the streets as we can see that people have no trust in the police they have lost all trust. did mathias building in hong kong there while spain is heading into elections on sunday with the outcome looking hard to predict polls suggest the vote will do little to break a longstanding stalemate between the parties it's the 2nd time already this year the voters are making their choice and spain is suffering from election fatigue. the spanish are being asked to head to the polls again to choose a government it's the 4th time in 4 years the country has held elections and now many have mixed feelings about the political process. where fed up with editing but of course we have to vote what we vote on that's another problem that we must vote still we have the feeling that everything will remain the same because there are no credible political leaders but good night leave it for you to

control the yes it's important very important in facts things are so tangled up and have to be reset since the politicians haven't been able to do it we must do it for. the country's caretaker prime minister pedro sanchez leader of the socialist party made his final appeal to the public on friday he urged spaniards to give his government another chance but in. facing instability and deadlock you have to bet on a strong government facing a far right government you need to bet on a progressive government and facing extremists you have to bet on a moderate government but neither the center left socialist party nor its main rival the conservative people's party led by pablo is expected to win a majority and neither party has ruled out the possibility of forming a centrist grand coalition. the far right vox party expects to make

big gains the populists have been riding high in the run up to the election capitalizing on widespread discontent with the government's handling of the capital . independence movement. after she was the president of catalonia as government is a criminal and a coup leader and we are not going to allow things to continue like this if the spanish people put their faith in us to go beyond. maybe so the last election is being focused on the economy but it seems this election could turn out to be largely about catalonia. on a football now and former you wife of president michel platini has made a splash following the end of his 4 year suspension from the sport ethics violations the 3 time. legend of the game is demanding compensation for legal fees and back pay for his suspension that he needed was stripped of his presidency

and suspended by faith as independent ethics committee back in 2015 for accepting bribes in maintains that he did nothing wrong. all right coming up next this day doubly news africa don't forget for more news at any time of day our web site has it. dot com for now mapping out thanks watching. earth a home for saving googling to us tell stories of creative people and innovative projects around the world ideas to protect the climate and boost green energy solutions by global ideas the environment series of global 3000 on g.w. and online. syrian born american visits a local bar in berlin. he lives just opposite with a friend who is a member of the.