to create a project that became a major milestone in their lives. so can i school starts october 8th on d, w. ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin motors in brazil, head to the polls where left as former president will lead to silva has a shot at a 1st round victory. but right wing and convent presidential yearbook sanara has already warned a fraud. and some of his supporters of wanted to use force to keep them in power

also and to show ukraine, liberates another key town from russian occupation. president, a lengthy says, there will be more ukrainian flags and then don bos region in the coming week, as his troops continued their counter offensive. and indonesia, president orders of prob, into saturdays, deadly riot, and stampede at a football stadium. more than $170.00 people were killed after fans of the losing side storm the pitch and police responded with tear gas. ah, i married evans, dean. it's good to have you with us. we begin in brazil, where poles have opened in a presidential election following a heated and polarized campaign opinion polls give a clear advantage to the left is the former president louise in us who were to

silva the right wing and come bench at your bull. so narrow has indicated that if he's not in that he, if he is defeated, heat might not accept the results. at least 3 lulu supporters have been killed by suspected both in our supporters in recent months. they've repeatedly called for a military coup. both to narrow calls, lula fif as the former president has been convicted for corruption and spent some time in prison. bond lewis supporters hope that he is on track for a spectacular political come back. oh, him to lula. oh maria. maria de hayes us on the vieira, aunt xhylia often sings it these days in her restaurant in the hearts of the capitol, brazilian, oh, the kitchens food of pulse, simmering hearty home cooked food from the heartland of brazil. that's where she

says. lula left his mark. and helped the pool i yearly masula once called the mayor of my home village personally. at then, 40 days later, we finally got electricity and running water balance. celia is one of louis best known electoral surrogates. she's met him many times a week in our seo lula da silva, was born into humble circumstances in the pool north east of brazil. he became known nationally as a union leader and fought against brazil's military dictatorship in 2003, he became president his government, social programs, helped millions out of poverty. ah, now his supporters, a hoping for a historic come back with my beth, thanks to lula, full people in my family,

were able to study their lawyers and engineers. and yet lula even reaches out to his political opponents. during the election campaign, he tried to convince conservative evangelical christian supporters that his social policies were successful was there. but before my time, you hardly saw any black people in universities was as if these places were only for the wealthy white elite to day. whatever university half the students are black with the plan is lula had many critics and problems. his time in office is marked by corruption and scandals. businessman and politicians from his governing coalition, embezzled huge sums. the scandal still hasn't gone away. o his opponents celebrated when he was arrested for corruption. after more than a year and a half in prison, his sentence was an old on procedural grounds. and he was allowed to resume his

political career. despite the corruption allegations, his support is a hoping for a lula victory. in the 1st round. i caught light, there was corruption, but now we have to have progress in brazil, we made our that throughout the campaign, luda has sought to contrast his approach to the judiciary. with that of president chapel sonata, i never obstructed the public prosecutor. they were always free to investigate it on like ball scenario, i never got involved i in for an independent justice department. so i want the pandemic was another important campaign issue. lula slammed both scenarios approach as catastrophic. the brazil liquidity at the court property shooting,

bought vaccines much earlier, which on, even when he did an investigative panel find that there was corruption and vaccine procurement. not cooperative us in for many reasons. on celia is all in for lula, her idol, the ex president, the challenger, the man with the gray be it will for more on brazil's election. i'm joined in the studio by my colleague christiana hm. i have from dw is portuguese fort brazil, service christiana. really good to see you. so we hear that opinion polls suggest lula has a very good chance of securing an outright victory. even just in this 1st round to day. do you think that's likely to happen? well marianna, that's true. her latest falls from yesterday nights show. a lula has an at large advantage over bill sonata 14 per cent, and also 50 per cent of the intention of the voters. but actually,

it depends on how many people will appear to vote to in everything i would say is undefined. so you mention, you know, depends how many people go to vote, so is low turn out expected. what is the atmosphere in the country ahead of this vote and also on election day to day? yes, actually devote is mandatory in brazil. am for people over 18 and under 70. but the point is that quite pull arises. tipton was fear there. so as we say from the research is almost 10 people admit they may not appear to vote in disc. would be really important in this moment. that so narrow tis a difference with 50 percent. he should win with over 50 percent to win to day. so it's quite exciting the results and his expectations for today, also adding to this nervous atmosphere perhaps is these statements by ball sanara

who suggesting that if he's defeated, he may not accept the result and that they're at the, you know, he's saying that there's going to be fraud in the election process. so is there a danger that should he be defeated to day that he just won't go peacefully? well tis is there the big question in brazil now, both so nato has been really repeating over and over that he's not going to accept a defeats at the same time in his campaigning against the credibility of the electoral process all the time. but analysts say that they don't see a like of a huge support at the army, for example, or a military coup. so at the same time, there is a big wave now pro lula from many different segments of the society and not just from the left wing. so artists are campaigning, people from the justice, although many, many, many different sides in brazil are a sporting lula to,

to try to really decide this vote to day. yeah, time will tell indeed a very exciting election campaign. christiana m o from dw portuguese were brazil service. thank you so very much for oliver in science. thank you for having me to ukraine now where ukrainian forces are pushing ahead with their counter offensive. after recapturing a key eastern town from russia. the crane and military says it struck several russian command posts and ammunition depos. president zalinski says li mon, in the eastern don't ask region, has been quote, fully cleared of russian troops who retreated from the town on saturday. a video shared by ukrainian police appears to show their forces tearing down russian flax. meanwhile, us defense minister lloyd austin said that ukraine's victory and lemon would be a strategic headache for russia. as it seeks to hold off the counter offensive

elsewhere were very courage by what we're saying right now. we were and sits, are astride the supply lines of the, of the russians. and they've, they've used those routes to, to, to push men and material down to the south and to the west. and without those routes, it'll be more difficult. so to present a sort of a dilemma for, for the russians going forward, we can now speak to w, a correspondent connelly who standing by in the ukranian capital key of hello to you, nick. so just how significant is the recapture of lee mon, for the ukranian counter offensive? not only is it a crucial strategic point in terms of the logistics of russia's invasion of ukraine's. we heard from lord austin there. it talks about the optics and the timing, you know, this is just a day after a couple of days after this huge event in moscow in the kremlin,

with vladimir putin saying that russia is here to stay, that russia is not gonna budge. and he, we, he, we've seen, you know, the opposite being proved. we've seen, you crank successfully rolling back for some control pulling down russian flags pulling down signs and co symbols of the kind of russian takeover. and this is, this is a little yeske region. so this is the reason the russian now claims as its own and you, ukraine, is actually able to create facts on the grounds. this is a very big deal. and you know, it potentially with few more weeks to go before the winter, really sets in and fighting those more difficult. there's the real prospect of ukraine heading towards their cities 7 than yes, the chance, which were basically russia's only big when of the summer. rush are invested thousands of lives and a lot of technology is capturing those cities at, you know, very, very slow pace. now ukraine's within striking distance is really we launched a wave of soul searching in russia. huge amounts. kristen, for the russian military leadership play to put under a lot of pressure. even people who are in favor of this invasion of ukraine and

a sense that even rushes mobilization of tens and hundreds of thousands of civilians is not actually having effect yet. and you can really on a roll. so, nick, what do we know about russia's military strategy? what are they likely to do next? well, the fair here and here is that given these failures on the battlefield, given russia inability to really change its tactics to deal with all the western equipment that ukraine is getting. they are going to increasingly focus their attention on civilian infrastructure and basically try and make life as difficult as possible for as many claims they can. the sooner thing is that in the middle of this war, you're here and key. if you still have that functioning perfectly, you have electricity, you have gas of all the kind of basics of modern civilization. and the expectation is that russia will try and make life so uncomfortable, that ukrainian population put pressure on its leaders in this war on russia's terms . so that's really the thing that people are expecting. delivery is nick holland, that connelly reporting from here. thank you so much.

to indonesia now, where president joker widow has ordered a probe into the deadly riot and stampede falling a football match on saturday. at least 174 people were killed. most of them were trampled in a rush for stadium exits after police fired tear gas at the crowns. are indonesia correspondent garrick matters filed this report about the tragic events in milan on the island of java. silence on the soccer pitch the day after the ma lung stadium disaster. all of this has now become evidence in a desperate investigation of how things could get so out of hand. outside the hospitals belong in the province of east java. hundreds of people are searching for their loved ones like this father. he can't find his 18 year old daughter. so far, i've been through 3 hospitals. i can't reach her. maybe the phone is on low

battery. i also can't reach her boyfriend. the tragedy unfolded the night before when frustrated supporters of the losing home team invaded the pitch throwing bottles and other items. police officers fired tear gas triggering a stampede. the world suckers governing body far prohibits tear gas in or near stadiums. the local police chief declined to answer our questions about the rent. what's clear is that the stadium was filled beyond capacity. 42000 tickets for a venue made to hold 38000 spectators. hospitals are now struggling to care for scores of injured ago. initially we received 93 patients, now 12 our left, 5 with serious head injuries and 4 in critical condition. the rest on the way to recover here, linus, they have been outbreaks of violence at matches in indonesia before but not at the

scale. the president has now suspended the league until further notice demanding a detailed investigation in what is one of modern histories, worse stadium disasters. and methylated andy w news this our stay tuned for world stories this time looking at the ongoing shelling and liberated regions of ukraine and protests against proteins, mobilization in russia and marian evans, dean. i'll be back at the top of the hour with more headlines for you from me and the team. thanks for watching. t w's crime fighters are back a little africa. most successful radio drama series continues them all episodes are available online. and of course you can show.