they're exhausted, tired, but no plans to leave any time soon. >> babita sharma there. julianna liewe julianna lieu -- >> they say the ball is in the government court. the two sides met last night briefly to try to hammer out a framework for the future possible talks. they also want a commitment from the government that they will implement or execute whatever it is that they decide at the end. a political settlement, political agreement, promises from the hong kong government to talk to beijing, perhaps to get the chinese government to change their minds to what they've already announced at the end of august. the students say that they're hoping to meet either later today or tomorrow at the very latest. they say if the talks don't happen by tomorrow, the government may indeed not have been sincere in wanting to speak. >> juliana lui there. brazil's presidential race will go to a second round after the incumbent dilma rousseff fell short of outright victory. 142 million people were eligible to vote and turnout was around 80%. voting is mandatory in brazil for those betwe

now we can cross to hong kong, my colleague babita sharma is there. following all the latest developments. over to you, babita. >> reporter: a week has passed and yet again the demonstrators are still occupying one of the main routes behind me here in the heart of hong kong's financial district. but the question now is whether or not the umbrella revolution, as it's now known, is losing its steam, because we are nowhere near the numbers that we saw at the start of the week. we're also getting reports of shuffles breaking out. i think we can bring you pictures coming from the mongkok district, about 20 minutes away from where we are by the mtr, the tram network here. and we understand that the scuffles broke out between anti-occupy demonstrators and pro-democracy campaigners. we're not quite clear on the numbers involved, but we are getting unconfirmed reports that it could be around 100. as yet, our understanding is that the authorities have not been involved in trying to separate the two sides there, but those minor scuffles breaking out in the last

let's take you to babita sharma, who is covering events for us in hong kong. do you get that sense, babita, that with the schools open that life is returning to normal a little? >> reporter: it does feel like that, lucy, because as you say, the government ultimatum for the students to leave here by monday appears to have passed without any incident whatsoever. thousands of government workers were able to gain access to buildings freely, and as you say, thousands of secondary school children returned to school here. and all the while, a fair few hundred demonstrators still occupying this one route into hong kong's financial districts. but as you said, the numbers have dwindled considerably. could be two key reasons for that. the first, that they are -- tiredness is setting in. the second reason is they have chosen to tactically withdraw overnight, not wanting to engage in any possible ugly showdown with the authorities here. we understand that the hong kong federation of students say that they are having conversations with the authorities, trying to work out som

. >>> and i'm babita sharma live in hong kong. demonstrators are still on the street.t, still no dialogue between the government