someone who would go to brasilia who would jump start economy. brazil's capital is built literally in the shape of an airplane. it is an apt metaphor, a country who had finally taken off under the previous government but under gilma rousseff. >> roman god looks to the future, to the past, both ways, and the middle class looks like that figure today, they look to the past and they are grateful for everything the pt did for them but they are not sure if gilma will give them the extra mile they want. >> rousseff's strongest support, middle class, that's not case for much of the middle class that has come to expect more. >> it hasn't been all bad but there's too much corruption and bad health services. we need to renew things. >> reporter: in the end the outcome will be decided by the middle and the new lower and middle classes. lucia newman, al jazeera, brasilia. >> protestors have called off their referendum. whether the supporters continue their sit in or agree to government proposals and admit it. admit there hasn't been enough consultation befor

my colleague is in brasilia and will join us this afternoon as well as more than 140 million braziliansolls to select their next president. >> thank you, gand moving on an british forces formally ended combat operations in afghanistan providence and british troops lowered the union flag if a ceremony to mark the closing of the camp a center of uk operations and the last british base there and nato combat troops set to leave afghanistan by december. and jennifer glasse is live for us in kandahar and what does this mean, the closing of the bases. >> reporter: the bases were not closed, they are handed over to afghan forces and there are two of them, the british base and a u.s. marine force base and handing over of these two bases really marks the end of the nato mission in the providence and this is a sprawling base and 50 kilometers outside of the capitol the capitol of helman providence and leave behind to the afghan country $200 million in assets, buildings, roads and there are two landing strips there, the afghans apparently considering that making that now a commercial airport becaus

the invest exclusively in brasilia equities.nly thing that would mitigate the fall of when the market opens, it has been a good week since rousseff what that -- was anticipated as women. there was no margin. a lot of people will have seen this coming in a lot of the decline is already priced in. >> will we look at statistics and investors, is a bottom line she is not a reformer that aecio neves would have been? ordersey think her prior are in the wrong place. you have unemployment at record los, under 5%. let me take you through some of the indicators that have investor concern. inflation is as 6.75% despite the at that gold is at 4%. the economy entered a recession and the first half of the year and investment is at its every year low. as a portion of gdp, it stands as 16.5%, that is less than half of china. ais is confidence is at decade alone. moody's and s&p have indicated a credit rating of junk may not be far off. that has investors concerned. are under 52,000 points right now. that would be fair value. let's talk about a

and rousseff says she will improve services and fight corruption and we report from the capitol brasiliaorter: she is known not for charisma but for fighting spirit and in the end it gave dilma rousseff to overcome opposition enough to win a second term as leader of south america's largest nation. >> translator: i do not believe honestly from the bottom of my heart these elections have divided the country into two halves, the elections mobilized ideas and emotions that have at times been contradictory however have been driven by a shared feeling, the search for a better country. >> reporter: aligned with the left and in her youth she joined an urban gorilla group and tortured and in prison and it shaped her character and often referred to as brazil iron lady and tough and rose as the energy minister and chief of staff. a period which brazil's economy grew and poverty shrank as never before. but in her term the economy shrivled and so has scandaled linked to her political party. her opponent, brazil's third largest state ran on a ticket for change and saying the policies would modernize b

but starting at 4:02 p.m., northwest of brasilia, there's a problem. "the legacy's" radar data is no longer being received by air traffic control. >> at some point during the flight, the transponder, which provides altitude information to the controller, inadvertently disappeared. >> a transponder is critical, not only to relay key information to air traffic control and nearby planes but also in order to enable tcas, the traffic alert and collision avoidance system, which warns pilots when another plane is too close. >> traffic, traffic. >> and advises preventive action. >> climb, climb. >> in addition to the missing transponder signal, which is preventing "the legacy" from sending its data, there's another problem. well-documented radio dead zones over the amazon. beginning at 4:26 p.m., air traffic control and "the legacy" pilots make several attempts to verbally communicate, all unsuccessful. under normal circumstances, they would acknowledge each other's calls. >> brazilian air traffic control system in its vioverall shoddy performance had misprogr

more from brasilia. >> even buying and selling a coconut at the market is a chance to show allegiance. no opportunity is too trivial to demonstrate whose side you are on. the duel is between the incumbent workers party president, a former left-wing guerilla tortured and imprisoned. and social democratic senator, the grandson of a famous politician who died the day before becoming the first elected official. unlike a predecessor, a tough lady, representing the political party, who dramatically reduced poverty through wages and social programs. the promise of more democratic policies is the favourite. married to a model. he insists brazil can change. someone that would go to brazil to combat corruption and reduce inflation, to an economy in recession. brazil's capital was built in the shape of an aeroplane. in the cockpit is the presidential palace. it's a metaphor for a country that final lay took off under the previous president. but has been losing altitude under dilma rousseff. brazilians want change, but are torn as to who can deliver it. >> there's a guard - he looks to the future

i'm with al jazeera, brasilia.raine where prowestern parties are set to dominate and the vote is a way from russia and poroshenko party will have coalition with the allies. the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. went to guinea on a tour of west african counties hit hardest by ebola outbreak and met ril us -- religious leaders and calling for international support to combat the virus. >> we have got to overcome the fear and the stigma that are associated with ebola. i would say that we need prayers and medicine, solidarity and money. >> reporter: nigerian girls escaped the boko haram group have details of torture and rape and published in a new report by the human rights group and says at least a 500 women and girls from nigeria have been kidnapped since 2009 and calling for boko haram to stop attack against civilians and immediately release those in custody and criticizes the government for not doing enough to stop abductions or punish those responsible and a nigerian government said they made a deal with boko haram to re

our latin america editor reports from the capitol brasilia. she is calling on brazilians to unite. >> i would like oh greet and thank all brazilians with no exceptions i urge you to unite for the future of our future and our people. i do not feel that these elections have divided the country into two halfs. the elections mobilize ideas and emotions that have at times been contradictory, but they have been driven by a shared feeling, the search for a better future for our country. >> let's go live to rousseffs hometown. she may have won but how is it being received in brazil? >> reporter: that's absolutely right, the day after this historic and most unpredictable election in brazil history. they're going to be talking about this for decades to come. at no other time was there an election this close. i can tell you that rousseff supporters have a relief that she'll get another four years, and 29% did not vote or voted for nobody, so she has got lots of challenges ahead. now tell me first of all what is their biggest challenge after this? >> she

decline in people's trust in american technology companies in key places like brussels and berlin and brasilia, for example. >> whatever trust issues americans may have, it's these international customers that concern tech giants most. according to global statistics, accounting for 90% of all international traffic with asia and europe entering the pack. this month google released it's new andrew operating system a device that automatically incrypts data. first for google it follows hot on the heels of the new i phone 6 encryption technology. billed as the first, it locks out both apple and the nsa. microsoft has also beefed the security. ibm is playing to its international base by pumping $1 billion into more than a dozen more cloud computer centers most located well outside u.s. borders. but despite increased security measures the losses are racking up. >> last fall people in washington, including the white house and congress, yeah, i think had a view that this was an issue that needed to be addressed, but it might blow over. it is not blowing over. >> in february the european union and brazi

aljazeera, brasilia. >> now the ukraine party's vote, the voters will decide if they want to continue in the same direction left by poroshenko. with the influence of the former soviet union. >> reporter: on the edge of kiev, they're practicing for war. not all of their guns with real, but this is not a game. these are students, electricians, students. and? fear an attack on the city, and others have volunteered to go east and fight. in another part of the city, we find refugees from the war. they live in a church shelter. when revisited, there was no electricity. she lost her house in donetsk. and now she and her family share a room with 20 other people. their lives have been turned upside down, but they are determined to take part in the leaks. >> we want to show people that we exist and we have the right to vote and can't go home. we'll fight for our rights, and we're citizens of this country. >> thousands of people have now been killed in the east. these pictures show just some of the soldiers and policemen who have decide. it's a reminder to people here in kiev, as if they needed

someone that will go to brasilia to combat corruption, and jumpstart the economy. >> now in recession. >> brazil's capital was built in 1960, in the shape of an airplane, and in the cockpit was a presidential palace. it's an apt metaphor. it had finally taken off upped the previous government. president dilma rousseff had been losing more and more altitude. brazilians want change, but taunted about who could best deliver it. >> there's a roman guard. it has two faces and looks to the future and the past, looks both ways, and the middle class looks like that figure, they look to the past and are thank of for everything that the pt did, and they look for the future. and they were not sure if they'd give the extra mile. >> dilma rousseff's strongest support comes from the poor, people who have not rich to the middle class, but belief it will be their turn next if dilma rousseff stays in office. >> that is not the case for much of the middle class that came to expect more. >> it hasn't been all bad, but there's too much corruption and bad health services. we need to renew things. >> in th

. >> reporter: from berlin to budget to brasilia, big economies are hitting the breaks. this week evidence surfaced that europe's powerhouse, germany, may be skidding to a recession, hitting a drop since the financial crisis in 2009. europe echos the experience of japan, stuck in a deflationary trap for two decades, and where the economy detracted more than expected. >> growth in an emerging market is decelerating. china saw the output, a bellwether for activity fall for the first time in four years. industrial productions flow to a slow level. >> brazil slipped into recession this year. the global slowdown and mounting geopolitical tensions prompted the i.m.f. to downgrade its outlook for groeble growth. the united states is expected to remain a bright spot. >> slower growth in the rest of the world, yes. does it cause a recession in the united states? >> the answer is probably not. that's not to say there are no risks to the u.s. economy. a growing concern amongst federal reserve policy makers, as the dollar strengthens from struggling economies. it could hurt u.s. exp

lucia newman, al jazeera, brasilia. >> earlier i spoke to newman about the president's next term. >> clearly the fight against corruption she said the first thing she was going to do was to prove that she can be a better president and a better person, that she had heard the message of the electorate that they wanted change and one of the first things thomas that she apparently will do is change this country's finance minister to try to jump start the economy again. remember, this is the world's second largest emerging economy, currently in recession. people want to see better standard of living, less inflation so she's going to have to get cracking and do it soon. >> lucia newman, joining us from brazil. mark longeman, great to see you. >> good evening, thomas. >> i know you've been following this one closely. what message does rousseff's reelection send tonight? >> i think it sends the message to both the incumbent and the opposition. for the incumbent she gets another four years to do what she set out to do, grow with equity and income redistribution. she succeeded on the income re

lucia newman reporting for us from brasilia. >> reporter: thank you. >>> now, there is still little informationut the fate of 43 missing students in mexico. there have been angry protests for weeks now police accused of being complicit in the disappearance. adam rainy reports. >> reporter: these are the faces of mexico's 43 missing students. a few dozen more names to add to the more than 8,000 who have gone missing since president enrico peÑa took office less than two years ago. in the past years, mexico has been hailed abroad for pursuing major reforms under vibrant tell genic new president. as the case of the missing students highlight's mexico's ongoing drug violence, corruption and impunity, the shine is wearing off of enrique's administration. at protests many say they have been living in a narco state, a place ruled by drug cartels. families of the missing and their advocates say the president has largely ignored them. he often tours natural disaster zones with camera could yous in t.o. w. but he has yet to visit the crime scene or the parents. >> translator: it's questionable and unaccep

last night, rousseff celebrated in brasilia with supporters who waved flags and chanted her name.nowledged that half the electorate voted against her. >> ( translated ): a re-election vote is a vote of hope, especially for improving the actions of those who have been governing. that is what i've heard from the voting booths. that is why i want to be a much better president than i have been up until now. >> woodruff: brazil has been beset by a sluggish economy and poor public services during rousseff's first term. a major secular party in tunisia claimed victory over islamists today in a historic vote. sunday's election will produce the north african nation's first five-year parliament since the 2011 arab spring revolt. the votes were still being counted, but the secular tunis calls party said it had won the most seats. >> woodruff: wall street struggled to make headway as falling oil prices hurt energy stocks, and worries about europe's economy lingered. the dow jones industrial average gained just 12 points to close near 16,818; the nasdaq rose two points to close near 4,486; whi

these are live pictures we're showing you from the workers party offices in brasilia. but basically appealing for peace and unity, saying there are ways to find common points of view here. but, of course, markets might not agree here. tell us a little bit about that. >> the initial reaction will be negative, obviously. markets have been wanting so we really nevez to win and markets fluctuating on that basis for the last couple of months. dilma ct longer term a presidency or new administration sent going to be as negative as the initial reaction is going to be. the very fact she's only just won and her relatively conciliatory comments demonstrate i think the next administration will be different than the one you have just seen. >> how so? >> the previous administration was pretty ideological. nd she had a very much anti-business agenda. i suspect given the fact the economy slowed down, she doesn't have the same kind of mandate she had last time. she has to take a more pro-growth, which should be more pro business and, therefore, more market friendly stance than she did