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luis in the lula da silva thank you so much for talking to al-jazeera. lately you've been quite critical of the current president's handling of the situation in brazil especially the coronavirus allow me to ask you do you think you could do a better job if you were running brazil today. for the president to go but a view to study your we don't know mad dog a bit of you. do with a view. you. don't know but a view we must be going to thug or problem we have to go. through it you know mark could do tone of utils no one could do to appoint a media darling nobody could be thought of her med you know what could be. a fair side of being evolved. for didn't see for people to come into you know what could be moved to the mosque or to a. head may do you need to have command in turn over that. to put it there general see the. president. you knew try to do more where for. you to hear me do you. think it. would you money you put it into the i think it is element of you too but have enough of a cross on it talk to me now to. the wall very good b.p. i got when we. move

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luis inacio lula da silva governed brazil between 2003 and 2010 before being embroiled in a corruptione again the frontrunner for the presidency, only to be banned from the race after his conviction was upheld. but like a cat with nine lives, there's yet another political door supreme court confirmed a decision made in march to annul his corruption convictions. the president certainly counting him as a candidate but not without firing a warning. translation: if lula comes back by legal | and auditable vote, that's fine. now, look at brazil's future is going to look like with the kind of people he'd bring into the presidency. if the two equally polarising politicians go head to head, it's sure to be an explosive campaign, one a leftist icon seen by detractors as a symbol of corruption at the very top, the other a far—right populist at the centre of a political crisis in a nation ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic, an issue the election campaign is bound to be fought on. tanya dendrinos, bbc news. a man from doncaster is raising money for the hospital that saved his life. fraser lamb wa

supreme court confirms his decision to drop criminal convictions against the former president lula da silva. and the chips are down but just how bad is the worldwide shortage of semiconductors. once again was time for big thunderstorms on the gulf coast and there they are with these yellow flashes lightning they were big storms they produced hail and flash flooding from the amount of rain and it's not unusual we are talking about spring weather but this unusually cold up in colorado in wyoming and that cold that snow has moved across into nebraska the cold air sinks south and we tend to get this meeting of minds of the the gulf air coming up and the cold the 2 together produce big thunderstorms a repeat performance quite likely on friday a name move east was into florida and certainly through georgia that string saturday this time the snow has faltered but the cow distil there not as cold as it was admittedly is warming up steadily we're talking about spring sunshine after all and when these fronts leave the u.s. are cut off and bill bigger showers for the bahamas has been your imports reek

supreme court has confirmed its decision to a novel criminal convictions against former president lula da silva last month the court ruled that lou was not treated fairly in a series of corruption investigations now eligible to run in next year's presidential election. france's coronavirus death toll has surpassed 100000 making it the 8th country to reach that number it's been struggling to contain a new outbreak 1st with localized lock downs and now the national one the country is ramping up its vaccine rollout from saturday jobs will be available for many government workers over the age of 55 as the headlines when you see here on al-jazeera after witness say that by. check. your program here. at. the center of the fuse or. to. let. you know to make everything less wrinkled. i've come from a trapeze family and the last time i performed with bianca and my sisters and my mom it was actually one of the saddest days of my life i remember like it was yesterday to the last show and i was actually balling up there smiling to the audience with tears in my sisters were crying because that was the last

of next year's election, when he is expected to be challenged by former president luiz inÁcio lula da silvahad been expected to defeat bolsonaro back in 2018 but during the campaign he was arrested and jailed for nearly 600 days under disputed charges filed by a judge sergio moro who later become bolsonaro's justice minister. last month a brazilian judge annulled all convictions against lula paving the way for him to run again. brazil's supreme court has also ruled sergio moro was biased in convicting lula. go now go to rio de janeiro where we are joined by longtime brazilian diplomat celso amorim. he served as brazil's foreign minister under lula as well as defense minister under dilma roussef. welcome back to democracy now. thanks so much for being with us. if you can start by talking about these twin, the turmoil in brazil right now. the ouster of the various heads of the army, of the air force, and the pandemic that is raging through brazil right now. >> i think you described very well the pandemic is the biggest threat brazil has ever faced. we never were involved in big wars. we, the

supreme court has annulled the corruption convictions of the left—wing former president, luiz inacio lula da silvaential election, challenging the far—right incumbent jair bolsanaro. three united nations human rights experts have expressed deep regret overjapan�*s decision to dump into the sea a million tons of treated radioactive water from the stricken fukushima nuclear power plant. china has called the decision �*extremely irresponsible' and summoned the japanese ambassador in protest, president biden has urged russia to work with him to ease tensions after announcing a raft of sanctions against moscow. he said the measures were a response to russian cyber attacks and attempts to interfere in elections, but said he could have gone further. buckingham palace has sets out the plans for prince philip's funeral — including the list of those who'll attend the service. will not walk shoulder to shoulder when theyjoin ——it�*s been revealed that princes william and harry will not walk shoulder to shoulder when theyjoin senior royals in the duke of edinburgh's funeral procession. buckingham palace has a

supreme court has confirmed as decision to a no criminal convictions against the former president lula da silva last month the court ruled that lula was not treated fairly in a series of corruption inquiries the just is commonly reversed earlier position tipping the court's 5 judge panel in his favor is now eligible to run in next year's election against the current president the incumbent jailable sonera. greece and turkey's foreign ministers have held a heated press conference in ankara where both accuse the other of provocation the ministers met for the 1st time in over a year in a bid to resolve a wide range of issues including a territorial disputes in the mediterranean the press conference started amicably but things got heated after reeses foreign minister said violations of greek sovereignty would be met with sanctions efficient. greece's position is clear he has violated in the h e n and in the eastern mediterranean international law and the convention of the lore of the sea but not only that it has violated the very rights and sovereignty of greece with 400 flights of a great territor

supreme court has confirmed its decision to a null criminal convictions against the former president lula da silva last month the court ruled that luna was not treated fairly in a series of corruption investigations justice commonly reversed her earlier position tipping the court's 5 judge panel in lula's favor. eligible to run in next year's election against the current president. the u.s. is calling for the immediate withdrawal of eritrean fighters from ethiopia's to grave reachin there have been reports that eritrean forces are dressing as ethiopian military in order to remain there there also been widespread reports of a continuing conflict in that particular region let's get the latest report from that story. her 2 children were waiting for her to come home with food when she was pulled off a bus in ethiopia region to be gang raped and beaten by $23.00 soldiers over the course of 11 days the incident happened in february in the city of. she recalls what one of the men 1st said. he said to me listen to me you go where we tell you to go otherwise we will blast your belly out with this knife we

supreme court has annulled the corruption convictions of the left—wing former president, luiz inacio lula da silvancy again in next year's election, challenging the far—right incumbent, jair bolsanaro. the 75—year—old former president was jailed in 2018 on charges of taking bribes from companies looking for lucative contracts at brazil's state oil giant petrobras. the us secretary of state anthony blinken has visited afghanistan to reassure leaders there of america's ongoing commitment to the country, coming a day after president biden confirmed the withdrawal of all remaining us troops in afghanistan by september 11. mr blinken said the us would do everything it could to pursue peace. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: paint supplier blinken is accused of a whitewash after removing a series of social media posts mocking one of its clients, tottenham hotspur football club. pol pot, one of the century's greatest mass murderers, has reported to have died of natural causes. he and the khmer rouge movement he led were responsible for the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million cambodians. there have

supreme court has confirmed its decision to a no criminal convictions against former president lula da silva last month the court ruled that the law was not treated fairly in a series of corruption investigations just as common to see a reversed her earlier position tipping the court's 5 judge panel in lucas favor who is now eligible to run in next year's election against the current president jaya boss in our marquee an arc of has more from your dish narrow. it all started with one justice from the supreme court saying that moolah had been tried convicted and imprisoned. by a court that had no jurisdiction over his case a court in the south of brazil and the judge there was judges more to the judge that was in charge of investigating the carwash scandal that what this justice said was that moves should have been tried in brasilia of brazil's capital that does not go to say that rule is innocent it just says that he was tried in the wrong place so it's a technicality and today the supreme court ratified this decision it said that it's true he was tried in the wrong place so what this means i

supreme court has annulled the corruption convictions of the left—wing former president luiz inacio lula da silva run for the presidency again in next year's election, challenging the far—right incumbent jair bolsanaro. the 75—year—old former president was jailed in 2018 on charges of taking bribes from companies looking for lucrative contracts at brazil's state oil giant petrobras. this was the reaction from jair bolsonaro to the news of the court's decision. translation: the campaign — court's decision. translation: the campaign for _ court's decision. translation: the campaign for 2022 - court's decision. translation: the campaign for 2022 is - court's decision. translation: the campaign for 2022 is not i the campaign for 2022 is not starting here. the decision of the supreme court today means ruler is a candidate. —— lula. if lula comes back by a legal vote, that is fine. now we will see what brazil will look like the kind of people he will bring into the presidency. in the last hour new figures have been released showing china's economy grew by overjust18% in the first three months of this y

ms rousseff, like her predecessor lula da silva, also accused mr bolsonaro of genocide for failing toe of edinburgh's funeral will take place next saturday. 41—gun salutes have taken place across the uk and the world in honour of queen elizabeth's husband, who died on friday at the age of 99. buckingham palace has announced that the duke will be laid to rest at st george's chapel in windsor castle. the royal ceremonial funeral will be scaled back because of coronavirus restrictions. people have continued to lay flowers outside buckingham palace and windsor castle. prince charles, his eldest son, said the duke would have been amazed by the touching things that have been said about him, and that they would sustain the family at a time of loss. now it's time for a look at the weather with louise lear. good evening. it was a cold and frosty start for many this morning, but there was some lovely sunshine around early on. however, as the day progressed, we quite literally had four seasons in one day. a frosty start, some sunshine, then some showers. and the shower is turning increasingly wi

rousseff, like her predecessor lula da silva, also accused bolsonaro of genocide for failing to slow deaths. india is in the grip of an overwhelming second wave of coronavirus. the country recorded more than 145,000 new cases on saturday and the highest number of daily deaths in five months. the wealthy maharashtra state has started a weekend lockdown after a rapid surge in the local area. activists in myanmar say soliders have killed more than 80 people in the central city of bago. the mass killing occured during violent clashes on friday. despite the bloodshed, thousands of people returned to streets across the country on saturday to protest the military rulers and the ongoing atrocities. phil robertson, from the advocacy group human rights watch, spoke to us earlier. there was an ongoing resistance by a lot of people. they had built barricades in parts of the town. and the military surrounded those barricades and the protesters, starting at 5am, and attacked them with machine guns, rocket—propelled grenades and other heavy artillery. it was basically a massacre that took place ove

rouseff, like her predecessor lula da silva, also accused bolsonaro of genocide for failing to slow the is in the grip of an overwhelming second wave of coronavirus. the country recorded more than 145,000 new cases on saturday, and the highest number of daily deaths in five months. the wealthy maharashtra state has started a weekend lockdown after a rapid surge in the local area. officials in france say they will offer the astrazeneca vaccine to all people aged 55 or olderfrom monday. the country is stepping up its vaccination programme, as the country still averages around 40,000 cases a day. but different vaccines will be given to anyone under the age of 55, even if they've had their first astrazeneca jab. the bbc�*s tim allman reports. reputation has at the french don't like vaccines all that much. doesn't seem to be the case here in the city of bovier, north of paris. this gymnasium has been converted into a vaccination centre to administer potentially thousands of jabs. administer potentially thousands ofjabs. but does it matter which vaccine you get? translation:— translation: hes

ms rousseff, like her predecessor lula da silva, also accused mr bolsonaro of genocide for failing tothreat posed by the virus, refused to order lockdowns and initially opposed vaccinations. here's our correspondent mark lowen in sao paulo talking about the criticism faced by jair bolsonaro. dilma rousseff describing jair bolsonaro's response to the pandemic as a genocidal response, and saying that there was a repulsive normalisation of the death toll here in brazil that is now almost 350,000 people, second only to the united states. last week, for two days running, there were more than 4,000 deaths a day. so there is growing criticism of president bolsonaro's handling or mishandling of the pandemic. notjust from former president dilma rousseff, but as you say, also from her predecessor lula, who has had his corruption conviction overturned in the courts and could now stand in the election next year. and that is thought to be behind president bolsonaro beginning possibly to change tack now, appearing in public wearing a mask, having spoken out against masks, against social distancing,

supreme court has confirmed its decision to a no criminal convictions against the former president lula da silva last month the court ruled that lula was treated unfairly in a series of corruption investigations is now eligible to run in next year's election against president. cuba's leadership is passing to a younger generation ro castro before his brother fidel ruled the island for 60 years is a lesson america editor lucianne human. his seuss navarro and his wife haven't missed an episode of the series conquering a dream a special state t.v. production about the cuban communist party. it's part of the lead up to the end of the castro era when doubt castro renounces his last and most powerful position for tomorrow by the secretary general of the only party that has ruled cuba for nearly 6 decades that means that throughout your battles entire life a castro has been in charge. if you see it would be hard to watch raul leave but will have to accept it. was unlike his older brother fidel castro has been a family man what gregg arius he and his wife the in my spin joined fidel castro to overthrow c

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you why why do you think prosecutors from 3 different countries would come together and target lula da silva and there's a real pair of. i believe that there's a lot of takers. of prosecutors in the switzerland as also from the d.o.j. yes there's something called oil oil trysts you know so i mean it's covered the luggage it's the oil reserves. and we changed the oil law in brazil so that the brazil people could be could be the owners of the oil in brazil and the oil companies around the world in the u.s. never accepted that law so it was necessary to get rid of president joe miller it was necessary to you know of why did president lula to be a candidate so that they can take over the oil prospects jeanette's or destroy the engineering companies in generic of his or brazil so the american companies contractors could come to brazil. britain south secretary has voiced concern over growing unrest in northern ireland's the region has seen a space of violence overnight incidents since last week and there are fears that breaks it stalked tensions under simmons reports. 6 nights of violence in north