at first it seemed bolsonaro was understanding.ays later, bolsonaro made public statements going the opposite direction. >> do we have on the undetanding -- have any understanding on what he would do that? it has always been fascinating to me, did he believe what he was saying or was he doing it for some politicaleason? do you have a sense listening to this testimony as to what mr. bolsonaro's motives were when he dismissed this as a little cold? >> this is somethin that senators from the opposition cap questioning -- kept questioning him about and he kept saying he did not know what, when -- what nt on bolsonaro's mind. he knew at some point he felt also never believed the best way to fight the pmic was worked toward herd immunity desphim saying the complete opposite of it and the president was in constantly advisedy people outsid the health ministry including his sons. three of them are politicians and seem to be filed but -- seem to be following in their father's footsteps. >> do you think this will have an impact on mr. bolsona

bolsonaro 2022! but not everyone - and yellow colours. bolsonaro l 2022!one agrees, a senate committee _ 2022! but not everyone agrees, a senate committee has - 2022! but not everyone agrees, a senate committee has started investigating the president's handling of the pandemic, and the slow roll—out of the vaccine programme in the country. because in brazil, the situation is dire. the country has recorded 16 million cases since the pandemic began. as well as almost 450,000 deaths. that means brazil has the second—highest death toll the world. with these kinds of figures, despite the big show of support on wheels, mr bolsonaro's approval ratings have declined sharply. while his supporters may be a smaller pack as of late, they are certainly loud. let's bring you some live pictures now from minneapolis, where a rally is under way to mark the first anniversary of the killing of george floyd. family members and supporters have gathered outside the county buildings where mr floyd s killer, derek chauvin, will learn how long he ll have to spend in prison. the de

but there is still some resistance to president bolsonaro. life, i was a legislative consultant in the chamber of deputies. suely araujo helped write the environmental laws that underpin brazil's efforts to tackle deforestation. the brazilian government told the bbc it believes it is necessary to bring economic prosperity to the amazon. "poverty is the biggest enemy of the environment," a spokesperson told us. i cannot travel to the amazon because of the pandemic, but i did manage to get in touch with my friend who sent me these pictures and recorded a message. and experts worry the amazon ecosystem itself is changing. i'm very concerned. previous research have been understanding that the amazon was much more resilient and that our tipping point, leading to the decivilisation the large tranches of the forest would happen if about 40% of the amazon was lost and now recent research is pointing towards figures closer to 20% — and we already are at those figures. it appears to be becoming less rainy, and the fear is the forest could begin to give

here is president bolsonaro at the start of the pandemic engineering to touch--- continuing to touchds with supporters. the president dismissed coronavirus at the time as a little flu. he chose not to wear a mask and he resisted putting result under strict lockdown, he argued under the need to keep the coming open. >> there was high expectations that he would point the finger to president jair bolsonaro's poor handling of the pandemic because of all the disagreements they had in the past and the statement that he gave when he was sacked from his position on april last year. that hasn't been the case. heas been speaking for the last three or four hours answering questions posed by the senators using a mild tone. nonetheless, he said that he and the president had several disagreements that he tried on many occasions to explain to bolsonaro the severity of the pandemic, the scientific consensus, and the recommendations made by the world health organization. he also said that the president at the time seemed to understand what he was talking and agreed to him, but then two or three days

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bolsonaro for 2022. but not everyone agrees.estigating the president's handling of the pandemic and the slow roll—out of the country's vaccine programme. because, in brazil, the situation is grim. the pandemic began, as well as 4118208 deaths. that means brazil has the second highest death toll in the world. these alarming figures mean, despite the big show of support on wheels, that mr bolsonaro's approval ratings have declined sharply. his band of supporters may be shrinking, but what they lack in number, they make up for in noise. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. if you're fed up with the rain clouds and unusually cool conditions, there is weather optimism coming later. instead of low pressure, high pressure is across much of the uk, keeping most of the rain clouds at bay, not all of them, but it will also boost temperatures as well, back to levels more typical of late may. drier, warmer for many as we head towards the bank holiday weekend. contrast again to what is out there today, big downpours. a l

bolsonaro 2022!e agrees — a senate committee has started investigating the president's handling of the pandemic, and the slow roll—out of the vaccine programme in the country. because in brazil, the situation is dire. the country has recorded 16 million cases since the pandemic began. as well as almost 450,000 deaths. that means brazil has the second—highest death toll the world. with these kinds of figures, despite the big show of support on wheels, mr bolsonaro�*s approval ratings have declined sharply. while his supporters may be a smaller pack as of late, they are certainly loud. tuesday will mark a year since the killing of george floyd — a black american man — by a white police officer. the death triggered protests against racism and police violence across america and around the world. in the first of several events, members of mr floyd's family joined activists and citizens of minneapolis on sunday to begin marking the anniversary. barbara plett usher reports. the killing of george floyd was s

a regresar...miles de manifestantes protestan en brasil contra el presidente bolsonaro pidiendo acelerarl proceso de vacunacion y medidas para los mas afectados por la crisis.celebracion a lo grande tras la final de la liga de campeones de europa... los guardacostas espaqoles rescataron a 58 migrantes en el oceano atlantico, cerca de la isla de gran canaria... entre los rescatados habia una mujer y un hombre que fueron trasladados al hospital, informo el servicio de emergencias canario... segun el ministerio del interior casi 5 mil migrantes han llegado a estas islas por mar hasta el 15 de mayo. miles de brasileqos se manifestaron protestando contra el gobierno de jair bolsonaro en actos convocados por las principales centrales sindicales, partidos de izquierda y movimientos sociales... los participantes exigieron acelerar el proceso de vacunacion y aumentar las ayudas para los mas pobres que han sido los mas afectados por la crisis de la pandemia, asi como frenar las privatizaciones de las empresas estatales y los recortes presupuestarios. este sabado estuvo lleno de emociones con la fi

do you think there is a better candidate to challenge bolsonaro?what i can say to you is i was not the candidate in 2018 because they created a judicial farce. there is no judicial case against me, so now i can run for president. if in this moment i make the decision that i will run, if my part is my allies agree that i am at 100% health, i can be candidate, but when october comes next year, i will be one year younger than joe biden when he won elections in the u.s., so i am ready to be a candidate next year. >> let me ask you about that polarization. this is how one analyst put your challenge -- he said your strategy appears not unlike that of u.s. president joe biden, who projected himself as a centrist elder statesman to unite the country after a period of destructive polarization. do you see yourself in that role? >> i was very humbled when i saw joe biden's statement about the amount of money he's going to invest to help the poor people in the u.s., so i was very happy with biden's speech, very hpy with his announcement, happy that his represe

bolsonaro 2022! senate committee has started investigating the president's handling of the pandemic, and the slow roll—out of the vaccine programme in the country. because in brazil, the situation is dire. the country has recorded 16 million cases since the pandemic began. as well as almost 450,000 deaths. that means brazil has the second—highest death toll the world. with these kinds of figures, despite the big show of support on wheels, mr bolsonaro�*s approval ratings have declined sharply. while his supporters may be a smaller pack as of late, they are certainly loud. extra support is being offered to people who need to self—isolate in england. nine pilot schemes will take place in areas with high covid infection rates to encourage people to follow isolation rules, including the offer of alternative accomodation for those who live in overcrowded houses. it comes as the latest figures show 60 million doses of the coronavirus vaccines have been administered in the uk. charlotte wright reports. for

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do you think there's a better candidate to challenge jair bolsonaro?( translated ): what i can say to you, amna, is i was not the candidate in 2018 because they eated a judicial farce. there's no judicial case against me now. and so now i can run for the presidency. now, if in this moment i make the decision that i'll run, if my party, my allies agree they would have 100% health, if i'm healthy 100%, then i could run. i could be a candidate. but when october comes of next year, 2022, i'll be one year younger than joe biden when he won the elections in the u.s. so i'm ready to be a candidate next year. >> nawaz: let me ask you about that polarization then. because this is how one analyst put your challenge ahead. he said, "lula's current strategy appears not entirely unlike that of u.s. president joe biden who projected himself as a centrist elder statesman to unite the country after a period of destructive polarization." do you see yourself in that role? >> ( translated ): i was very humbled when i saw jubd's statement about the economic plan that he h

president bolsonaro says his opposition to lockdowns is designed to protect the economy.ry forces to a quarter of the country's provinces, as anti—government demonstrations enter a second month. ten people have died in overnight violence in the city of cali. the protests were sparked by a proposed tax increase. the authorities in northern india say at least 22 people have died after consuming toxic liquor in the state of uttar pradesh. they said the victims bought bottles of alcohol from licensed shops on thursday, but complained of illness after drinking it. the authorities have arrested six people and sealed five stores in connection with the incident. thousands of people have demonstrated against abortion, in the streets of the croatian capital, zagreb. pregnancy termination is legal until the tenth week in croatia, but three years ago croatia's highest court ruled the current abortion law was outdated. human rights activists fear reproductive rights may now be under threat. here in the uk, an 18—year—old man has appeared in court charged with conspiracy to murder over

even so, there are still millions of bolsonaro supporters who seem phased by nothing.rgue that the lockdowns hurt the economy and that the science behind mask wearing is unproven, echoing rhetoric that the president himself has used throughout his tenure. >> it's sad to see what's going on in the economy in brazil. >> reporter: patrick folena is a self-described investor who spoke to me at a small protest camp in sao paulo that was set up by supporters of the president. i've got to ask you, why aren't you wearing a mask? >> i'm not afraid to don't use the mask in the streets. >> people don'seem to understand the severity of the disease. they still are going shopping, they're partying and outside in the streets don't even use a mask. but they don't see what we see here. the patients are suffering a lot. >> reporter: professor kalil said he fears what happened in manaus could lethally repeat in cities across brazil if large numbers of immunized people drop their guard and re-encounterhe virus, giving it the opportunity to mutate again. >> the vaccines that we have so far

laura: president bolsonaro himself said in 2019e hoped criminals would die in the streets like cockroaches culture of police impunity in brazil? >> absolutely. rio police is an outlier, in the sense of the use of excessive force, even for brazil's standards. brazil is a violent country, unfortunately, but these police are not the norm. we have been battlg and struggling and investing in technology to try to support the police with training, but politicians, including president bolsonaro, but also the governor of rio, was actually elected on the ticket of shooting in the head of bandits. so, the first is a failure of leadership. we believe that if we don't change the role model and the leaders who really call for this use of force, we won't establish a democracy in brazil. laura: in 2019, the figures are quite staggering, and you know themell. more than 1800 people were killed by the police in rio. is it the control of the militias of that city which makes it so violent and so corrupt? >> it's important to say there is this link between militias, this -- these paramilitary groups, kind of m

you have mentioned bolsonaro in brazil. is also the philippines as well which has a populist leader. whether they are going toe looking over their shoulders with whatever platforms they use to get their messages across, it is going to be trouble emetic for both them and -- problematic for both them and the media companies. katty: do you think facebook is somehow now setting itself up for other countries to make laws almost preemptively, to enforce regulations on facebook in order that facebook does not start getting into the position of thrown people on and off the platform? >> they have kind of confused the situation. the oversight board says facebook is the final arbiter of what constitutes acceptable content on its services. i could be challenged by foreign courts. in the past, we have seen sites such as youtube completely blocked by court orders in turkey and pakistan, for instance because of their reluctance to block content. countries like france and germany have things like holocaust denial. this means offensive comm

. >> we are fighting against two viruses, the coronavirus, and the bolsonaro virus.espondent: they used to be friends, both right-wingers. the argument over vaccines has broken into the fight between these two men. >> i believe it, as millions of brazilians, that there could be a good government at that moment during the elections, but i made a very sad mistake. today, nevermore. we need another kind of government in brazil. correspondent: voters would decide what government they want next year, when he is expected to challenge bolsonaro for the presidency. the vaccine and these eggs will probably be approved by then. it could change everything. brent: for more now, i am joined by a microbiologist and president of the question of science institute which aims to promote the use of scientific evidence in public was he. thank you -- public policy. thank you. science and public policy making , you must have one of the most difficult jobs in the world right now. >> thank you for having me on e show. yes, i do. it has been challenging fore the pandemic, but after the pande

bolsonaro was completely pretending that it was not happening, making things worse. coffins, then they put the five coffin in the hole, five coffin... like in two minutes it's done. ♪ ♪ (truck beepi) it was very shocking to me that the digger not even stopping during the five minutes of little ceremony. so it's, you know, it's like really like a factory or industrial burial with one after the other. (truck beeping, people singing) and the chaos of, you know, these holes everywhere. and the machine digging, diing, digging, digging, you know. there is no time to... there is no time to die even, yeah. (shouting, horns honking) going to the graveyard, we passed through a protest, pro bolsonaro. which was, they were like, "yeah, we don't want a lockdown. we are with you, bolsonaro." so they were basically, you know, denying completely the... the virus. it's like if it is a disease, very dangerous for the poor, and annoying for the not so poor. >> hey, chris! he still safe? >> ...tired of them deciding we're essential or not. we the people! (person cheering) >> let freedom

in 2018, ran for vice-president of brazil on a far-lefticket that challenged eventual winner jair bolsonarorves as one of the executive coordinators of a national organization dedicated to indigenous rights and health. in mid-april, when sonia invited us to visit, she and others in her tribe had already been vaccinated. and yet, months earlier, many indigenous friends and relatives had been infected andied. according to data collected by guajajara's group, since the beginning of the pandemic more than 54,500 indigenous people have been infected and more than 1080 indigenous have died, including dozens of elders. that's a massive toll for a country-wide population of roughly 800,000. and it's a death rate six times higher than thatf the rest of brazil. while guajajara said her peoples' communal way of living, and immunological vulnerabilities, contributed to the high rate of infection, sh mostly attributes the large number of covid deaths to president bolsonaro's harsh views on indigenous. >> ( translated ): in his first day of office, the first acts were to dismantle the digenous peoples' r

president bolsonaro says his opposition to lockdowns is designed to protect the economy.k have been rescued in thailand. in the back of a pick—up truck have a field hospital has been set up to treat eighty of them. you may find some of the images in russell trott�*s report distressing. sedated but safe. russell trott�*s report distressing. rescued macaque monkeys — many pregnant — being treated by thai medical teams. more than 100 were discovered — terrified, struggling and gasping for air, in mesh bags tied together and being transported to the cambodian border. 18 didn't make it. translation: the monkeys i were exhausted and dehydrated for a long time. some of them had respiratory problems because of overcrowding during the smuggling operation. wildlife smuggling in asia is nothing new — tigers, along with other animals have been traded — dead or alive — to neighbouring countries in what is a lucrative, if illegal, business. the authorities have been intercepting the banned wildlife shipments, but closing down the ruthless gangs behind it is a more difficult proposition

so somebody like bolsonaro, you may have to bribe him a lot, you may have to put up with some corruptionit's notjust a question of each of us having to do unpalatable things like give up beef. the methane report this week suggesting that nobody should be eating beef. it is notjust those personal sacrifices that are difficult, especially in democracies, but actually how diplomacy works and detaching climate from other diplomatic aims. can ijustjump in there — i don't want to sound - like an eternal optimist - but there is, at the moment we have got this triumvirate . of america, europe and china, all talking quite seriously about cutting carbon. - there is an opportunity i for them to say, "listen, you can only — we will onlyl import from you if you have similar— carbon standards as us". there is a way for them - to begin to encourage the rest of the world to get alongside . with the carbon—cutting agenda using their economic leverage. if you took the three of them i together, we are talking more than half the world economy, so there is a kind of potential there for a kind of stick- as we

president bolsonaro says his opposition to lockdowns is designed to protect the economy.from mali if political instability there leads to greater islamist radicalisation. it follows the second coup in nine months in the west african nation. france currently has more than 5,000 troops operating across the sahel region conducting anti—insurgency operations. mr macron said he had told regional leaders that france would not support countries where there was no democratic legitimacy or transition. a new nationalflagship is to be commissioned by the government in a bid to boost british trade and industry overseas, the prime minister has said. the royal navy vessel, which will cost a reported £200 million and be in service for 30 years, would be used to host trade fairs and diplomatic meetings. it will be the successor to the royal yacht britannia, which was retired in 1997. downing street has this morning confirmed that britain's prime minister, borisjohnson, and carrie symonds married yesterday at london's roman catholic westminster cathedral. a picture issued by number ten of

president bolsonaro says his opposition to lockdowns is designed to protect the economy.cials said the mortar landed on a house where a wedding ceremony was taking place in kapisa province. eight others were wounded. reports said the incident happened as the security forces clashed with the taliban in a nearby area. both sides blamed each other for the mortar attack. earlier, a roadside bomb hit a bus carrying university employees in the province of parwan, killing four of them. president emmanuel macron, has warned that france would withdraw its troops from mali if political instability there leads to greater islamist radicalisation. it follows the second coup in nine months in the west african nation. france currently has more than 5,000 troops operating across the sahel region conducting anti—insurgency operations. mr macron said he had told regional leaders that france would not support countries where there was no democratic legitimacy or transition. it is now 22 minutes passed. more than a hundred long—tailed macaque monkeys that were being illegally smuggled in the

the brazilian president, jair bolsonaro, has led more than 1,000 of his supporters in a motorcycle rideen—and—yellow colours of the national flag, lined rio's streets to wave to their president and salute the motorcade. throughout the pandemic, the ultra—sceptical mr bolsonaro has breached social distancing measures introduced to curb the spread of the virus, which has been killing an average 2,000 brazilians a day. ten people have been arrested during protests outside mcdonald's depots. yesterday, animal rebellion protesters formed blockades at four distribution centres to stop deliveries to the fast—food chain's 1,300 uk outlets. the protesters say they want mcdonald's to sell less meat to help tackle climate change. ron hill, one of britain's greatest endurance runners, has died at the age of 82. hill was only the second man to break the two hours and ten minutes barrier in the marathon and won the gold medal in the 1969 european athletics championships marathon. he laid claim to the longest unbroken streak of daily running after going every day for 52 years and 39 days from 1964 to

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going to respond poorly to the covid crisis and i found it is true there were several populists in bolsonaroreally surprised to see how many populist leaders tries to take it seriously and in some cases, like narendra modi, he took it too seriously. they enacted lockdowns that were two strict and imposed too much hardship on the people of india. >> who are the other populists who took is most seriously? >> a lot were lesser known. andre babbist took is seriously and led government in italy took it pretty seriously and a few other lesser known, victor orban in hungary took it very seriously, a more known leader, and also modi, we thought took it seriously in the beginning. >> yascha, what do you make of these findings and do you think that the trajectory of modi is telling, that is, even though he started out very tough, eventually the kind of logic of populism which said listen to the people not the experts and stuff, reasserts itself? >> yeah, i think unfortunately it is very danger in the pandemic to make snap judgment in the middle of it. there is a lot of happenstance about how people re

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the brazilian president, jair bolsonaro, has led more than 1000 of his supporters in a motorcycle ridee spread of the virus, which has been killing an average 2000 brazilians a day. ten people have been arrested during protests outside mcdonald's depots. yesterday, animal rebellion protesters formed blockades at four distribution centres to stop deliveries to the fast—food chain's 1,300 uk outlets. the protesters say they want mcdonald's to sell less meat to help tackle climate change. the organisers of glastonbury festival have apologised after thousands of people who bought tickets for a live stream concert were unable to view the show for more than two hours. the ticketing system was eventually abandonded altogether, and made the concert free for anyone to watch, as colin paterson reports. when glastonbury is disrupted, it's usually by rain and mud. last night, the problem was internet connectivity. live at worthy farm was a five—hour live stream to raise money for the festival, but when it started at 7 o'clock, people paid £20 to watch pre—recorded sets by the likes of coldplay and

how is president bolsonaro responding to this grim milestone?he talking about more lockdowns or speeding up the vaccination campaign? >> there is tinkering around the edge of his appearance. sometimes, he appears with a mask. he sounds at times more conciliatory. but he is still the same person. he has threatened to send the army into states that want to lodown. he sounds bullish about this parliamentary inquiry with a senate team asking what went wrong and if criminal charges could brought against the president or if he could be impeached. he says he has nothing to fear from the senate inquiry. he is very much playing to his conservative base which are the evangelicals, the big financiers, the farmers. the problem is that his support base is shrinking. laura: it is striking how india is simultaneously struggling with its crisis and the world is coming to its aid offering all this assistance. do brazilians feel isolated at this moment? >> i suppose the difference is that they have a president here who is more of an abrasive character. he has his

país exigiendo que se acelera el proceso de vacunación también se pidió la renuncia del presidente bolsonaro>>. >> ser artista requiere talento y qque le sobra a un artista que en vez de pintura utiliza bolsas de plástico el pintor busca provocar una reacción contra la contaminación ambiental ana peralta estuvo con él en são paulo. >> pare pintura pero no lo es s icónicas obra cobran vida a través dde la mirada en vez de pinceles y pintura la artista utiliza centenares de bolsa de plásti el objetivo eslertar a la sociedad sobre nuestro legado al planeta. >> con este concepto de hacer un resignificar o generar una nueva energía para loe la sociedad no se sirve más >> es conocido por sus intervenciones urbanas que invitan a la reflexión sobre el medio ambiente y en especial contra la aalusión de la vida marina provocada por plásticos. >> lla cantidad de plástico que terminaba en la orilla . >> la serie titulada naturaleza plástica referencia los plásticos de la naturaleza muerta ya recrea los famosos padres de la mona lisa, el grito o la noche estrellada entre otros. >> ttne una provocaci; por

presidentjair bolsonaro has promised that his government will reduce illegal deforestation, but environmental mining in the region. the headlines: nearly 200 palestinians have been injured in clashes injerusalem as tensions rise over the potential eviction of palestinian families from land claimed by israeli settlers. protesters have gathered outside a police headquarters in brazil, demanding justice for the victims of a security operation in which twenty—five people were killed. in myanmar, more than 750 people have been killed since the military seized power three months ago. thousands have been detained, including the elected leader, aung san suu kyi. it's become increasingly difficult to report what's happening inside the country, with the internet effectively blocked, borders closed and many journalists detained. but local people are documenting their ongoing resistance. the bbc�*s rebecca henschke has been following the story of one young musician. chanting. myanmar, in the grips of an uprising, triggered by a military coup. mass protests — demanding a return to democracy — met with bru

presidentjair bolsonaro has promised that his government will reduce illegal deforestation but environmentalurage agriculture, logging and mining in the region. we've been reporting extensively on the covid crisis in india. but it's not the only country in the region dealing with a increasingly desperate situation. nepal, bangladesh, pakistan and sri lanka have restricted or stopped travel from india, overfears that new infections are being brought in, including cases of the indian variant. in neighbouring nepal, cases have increased dramatically over the last month — as you can see from this graph — due in part to migrant workers returning from india. and in pakistan, the number of new cases has plateaued but remains high. and there are fears the upcoming eid celebrations could exacerbate the spread of infection. jill mcgivering starts this report in pakistan's punjab province. the hustle and bustle of a south asian market. life here in pakistan looks pretty normal, very different from the tough lockdown last year. that helped to curb the spread of the virus, but at a price paid mainly by t

in brazil, as president bolsonaro was mobbed by supporters during a motorcycle convoy through rio, medicalenters were battling with variants, including one that may be killing pregnant women at a higher rate, as well as their babies. did the virus come from animals? either in nature or in one of china's so-called wet markets or from wuhan's institute of viralogy, where research on bat virus mutations took place? the chinese have refused access to the lab or its records, and called the idea that covid came from a leak there a political conspiracy.[speaking foreign language] >> the united states does not care about facts and truth at all, nor is it interested in serious scientific tracing. >> reporter: but an american intelligence report says three wuhan lab workers fell ill with covid-like symptoms back in november 2019, a month before the first confirmed case was reported. so the possibility of a lab leak is under renewed scrutiny, as is the fact that american tax money was actually paying for some of that bat virus research going on in wuhan. john? >> dickerson: liz palmer in london, than

presidentjair bolsonaro has promised that his government will reduce illegal deforestation, but environmentalng and mining in the region. the american vice president says the us and mexico must tackle the root causes of regional migration together — by addressing violence and corruption in central america. kamala harris made the comment during virtual immigration talks with the mexican president. courtney bembridge has more. good morning, mr president, good morning. it is my honour to be... buenos dias. laughs. kamala harris has been put in charge of the crisis at the us—mexico border after an influx of migrants. and it was top of the agenda when she spoke to mexico's president andres manuel lopez obrador. mexico is our closest neighbour and we share a border, of course, but we also share the values of dignity and respect. they're trying to stop people taking dangerous journeys like these — particularly unaccompanied children. us officials say they're holding more than 22,000 unaccompanied minors who recently crossed the border after a policy shift that means they're no longer turned back. th

brazil s president, jair bolsonaro, has led more than 1,000 of his right—wing supporters on motorcyclesfiance of coronavirus restrictions. thousands more lined rio's streets to wave to their president and salute the motorcade. as the pandemic continues to ravage india, more than 8,800 cases of a rare infection known as "black fungus" have been reported amongst covid patients. the mortality rate is high, and those who survive may need extensive surgery. doctors believe the infection could be triggered by the use of steroids. dr priya sampath kumar is the chair of infection prevention and control at the mayo clinic. she explained more about the infection. so, essentially, it refers to a type of fungal infection that happens very, very rarely, and affects primarily the lung and the sinuses. it is very uncommon in most parts of the western world because this fungus isn't very prevalent. in warm humid climates, the fungus tends to be in the air, but even then, infections are very rare. covid has created a perfect storm with inflammation so, essentially, it refers to a type of fungal infectio

have ta ken to the streets in brazil's largest cities to demand the impeachment of president jair bolsonarorus pandemic. in the capital brasilia, thousands have gathered in front of the congress building, many demanding covid vaccines. a ferry carrying nearly 200 passengers caught fire whilst travelling to a remote island in eastern indonesia. passengers and crew on board were forced to jump into the sea, but no casualties have been reported so far. initial reports suggest the fire started in the engine room. the authorities in northern india say at least 22 people have died after consuming toxic licker in the state of uttar pradesh. they said the victims bought bottles of alcohol from licensed shops on thursday, but complained of illness after drinking it. the authorities have arrested six people and closed five stores in connection with the incident. thousands of people have demonstrated against abortion, in the streets of the croatian capital, zagreb. pregnancy termination is legal until the tenth week in croatia, but three years ago croatia's highest court ruled the current abortion law

but in the bolsonaro presidency, we have seen this rise of criminal police operation, i would have to support for him but we hope that will change in the near future. stay with us on bbc world news. still to come: a way to cheaper covid tests? well, scientists in the netherlands think they might have found a solution. i, nelson rolihlahla mandela, do hereby swear to be faithful to the republic of south africa. after six years of construction and numerous delays, the channel tunnel has been formally opened by the queen and president mitterrand. the tunnel is not yet ready for passengers and freight services to begin. for centuries, christianity and i islam struggled for supremacy. now the pope's visit symbolises their willingness to coexist. - roger bannister became the first man in the world to run a mile in underfour minutes. memories of victory as the ve celebrations reach their climax. this night is dedicated i to everyone who believes in a future of peace and freedom. i this is bbc news. the latest headlines: another day of record infections and deaths in india. the crisis is now

have ta ken to the streets in brazil's largest cities to demand the impeachment of president jair bolsonaroo the coronavirus pandemic. in the capital brasilia, thousands have gathered in front of the congress building, many demanding covid vaccines. a ferry carrying nearly 200 passengers caught fire whilst travelling to a remote island in eastern indonesia. passengers and crew on board were forced to jump into the sea but no casualties have been reported so far. initial reports suggest the fire started in the engine room. the president of colombia, ivan duque, says he is sending troops to a quarter of the country's regions in an attempt to restore order after weeks of anti—government protests. as thousands marched across colombia to mark a month of demonstrations, there was renewed violence in the southwestern city of cali, with at least 10 further casualties on friday. 0ur latin america correspondent will grant reports. colombia is no stranger to violence, but these scenes have shocked the nation. two months after the protests began, they're showing no sign of letting up. what started as a

brazil�*s president, jair bolsonaro, has led more than a thousand of his right—wing supporters on motorcyclesrictions. thousands more lined rio�*s streets to wave to their president and salute the motorcade. vietnamese voters have gone to the polls to elect members of the country�*s national assembly. there�*s very little choice, as more than 90% of those standing are members of the ruling communist party. the few independent candidates that have been allowed to run have all been vetted by the party. a cable car has plunged to the ground near lake maggiore in northern italy, killing ia people and seriously injuring others. the service was taking passengers up into the mountains from the resort town of stresa at the time of the accident. the resort had only recently reopened as covid restrictions were eased. our italy correspondent mark lowen reports. a climb to admire alpine beauty ending in tragedy. the cable car was in the last part of its journey, nearly 1500 metres high, when it plunged to the ground, killing most on—board. it seems a cable near the final pylon broke away, but the cause i