as brazil's leading trade partner. >> and brazil has the size to match china's appetite. big dragon on the other side. >> you have everything they need. >> we have--yes. you need brazil to basically fulfill the chinese needs. >> batista, who has interests in mining, transportation, and oil and gas, is building a huge superport complex north of rio with chinese investment that will accommodate the world's largest tankers and speed delivery of iron ore and other resources to asia. [drill whirrs] but it's not just commodities that are driving the brazilian boom. the country has a substantial manufacturing base and a large auto industry. aviation giant embraer is the world's third largest aircraft manufacturer behind boeing and airbus and a main supplier of regional jets to the u.s. market. eike batista says the one thing that brazil could use more of is skilled labor. >> we have to create more engineers. in my oil company, i'm importing americans to weld our platforms. >> to weld the platforms? >> yes. there's a lack of welders. we're walking into a phase of almost full empl

i will read a passage about brazil since we discussed brazil. as i mentioned the brazilian movement is getting an interest in the history of muslims waves in brazil particularly muslim retentions, cultural influences. i am talking about els salvador historic center, as dazzling in the summer twilight, a cluster of colonial buildings overlooks the clear blue water, the cobblestone lanes are lit by hanging street lamps, and baroque church facades being with history as banners of african masks flutter in the wind to the sound of trombones and trumpets grows louder. in the old city it is acquired a fair compared to others. the procession tries to replicate an earlier era, brass bands drive to the alleyways, teenagers have drums around the waist, and young girls carry effigies disguised as catholic saints. no sinks are allowed in the historic area. also -- the female protagonist with her distinctive head wrapped and wide hoopster, walking with the procession selling water, food, teaching to her how to wrap around heads the embroidered dress covering

some have called it brazil's genocide.o how do they get from here to there, from crime and violence as a daily reality, to love, non-violence, family and egalitarianism? here are the stories of two men who made the journey. marcio and gilson fumaca both come from this favela, santa marta, but they travelled very different paths. gilson da silva goes by the nickname fumaÇa or smoke. he grew up, as do 40% of children in the favelas, witnessing or experiencing violence in his home. >> there were many fights. my father was an alcoholic. he lost his job because he smoked and drank so much and then he couldn't find another job. so he would break things at home. things were bad enough when he was working but when he lost his job there were even more fights. there were many fights, many fights in my childhood and adolescence. >> because of different family problems, i always fought a lot with all of my girlfriends. there were many beatings; i would beat them up. and i ended up with three maria da penha violations from the violence

that effected brazil and china has affected brazil. we've had a serious intervention controls changing regulations , meddling with some of the largest companies in the country and corruption even dramatic to a point. you just see the economy slowly slowing. supeinterest rates and there are a lot of factors basically hitting the country all at once. >> the thing about the world cup, it was a great punctuation, something towards brazil was working. they had earned it in the days when they were a heady economy. they also got the olympics in 2016. how does what just happened going to affect what is going to happen. >> hopefully the structure built for the olympics, it's done there so we don't need to repeat and have the same level of ex expenditures. but the world cup was a tremendous expenditure for brazil, whether this is going to give boost or economic increase to the country, we don't know. maybe tourist. >> tourism is always good. it's a good marketing play but it tends to be expensive. >> yes. >> well, student debt keeps rising 37 mi

he was trying to position himself as sort of the young new face of brazil. are eduardo campos was 49 years old and recently his wife gave birth to a new peab as well. >> if you are just -- to a new baby as well. >> crash site in brazil believed to be carrying the presidential candidate, eduardo campos. gabriel, a very quick summary of what you know about the crash and who was on board. >> there has been a plane crash of a small jet in santos, brazil along the coast of sao paulo state. the plane according to local media was carrying presidential candidate you eduardo campos and within the -- last few minutes, global tv reports that eduardo campos died in that crash. his campaign has not confirmed that and on scene individuals have not confirmed that but all signs are pointing that eduardo campos, former governor of penambuco state, it appears he may have died. >> gabriel, get back to us won't you, if you hear confirmation of this. breaking news that braziln presidential candidate eduardo campos has been killed, in a plane crash. former president hosne mubarak

last year brazil began importing foreign doctors, mostly from cuba. this doctor is one of 7,300 cuban doctors in brazil. >> i'm getting a great deal this year. in cuba i have never seen a patient with tubbish u lows sis, and over i have. the -- tuberculosis, but here i have. >> these doctors are paid left. brazil pays cuba $3500 through the pan american health organization for the doctor. the physicians receive less than a third of that, the rest to the kuehnan government. a -- cuban government. a handful of doctors quit the program complaining of an unfair pay scale. this doctor says she's sticking with the programme. >> i don't care about the money. i receive 10% of what all doctors get. my family at home gets money, and the rest. the personnel the government gets supports -- percentage the government gets supports free education and health care. >> reporter: to meet the needs of its people brazil must train more doctors and provide incentives for them to practice where they are needed the most. >>> protesters in liberia are demanding urgent governm

last year brazil began to import foreign doctors. this doctor is one of 7,300 cuban doctors in brazil. >> i'm getting a great deal of prab. i have never seen a patient with tuberculosis, here i have. >> the program is controversial. cuban doctors are paid less than their brazilian colleagues. brazil pays cuba 4100 through the ban american health organization. the physicians receive less than a third of that. the rest goes back to the government. a handful quit the programme, complaining of an unfair pay scale. the doctor says she's sticking with the programme. >> translation: i don't care about the money, i receive 10% of what doctors get. my family back home gets money. the percentage the government gets helps to support free education and health care. ultimately to meat the needs of people, brazil must train more doctors and provide help where it's needed the most. >> you can keep up to date with the news on the website. aljazeera.com. >> new dawn in beijing, the ancient capital of the world's fastest growing country, home to the 2

and chile and brazil is already seen this is an opportunity it has a long trading history with russia it's opened set to open around ninety meat processing plant it's expected that brazil will be the place that russia goes to to try and get its beef and pork also chile which is said to be the place it goes to for fish imports that it's no longer accepting from the european union now those farmers that are here in europe well they're saying that when washington and brussels came up with the sanctions against russia they weren't thinking about them and they didn't think about the consequences it could have when making a decision to impose sanctions on russia the e.u. should have realized businesses will have problems with russia will let it go and will take responsive measures which we're paying right now we need access to the markets could help solve the deadlock situation in which for example the fruit sector is in elsewhere poland is preparing an appeal to the w t o the world trade organization against the sanctions imposed by russia they say that it infringes upon the rights of part

>> it is all about brazil. it is the fastest growing in brazil. it is a young, growing community in brazil who all want access to the internet. you want data, videos, facebook. this is a tantalizing asset owned by vivendi. they want to clock into that expansion. both telefonica and telecom italia already have friends. they want to become more present. and want to merge with gvt gain more dominance while at home their domestic revenues have been easing off. >> putting it politely. >> of course, we are not using these two. we are going for whatsapp to send our messages. we are going to skype for our phone calls. revenues are what they used to be. who has got the better deal here? valuation states it is obvious. telefonica is offering more money. 7.4 5 billion euros. almost 5 billion euros of cash. then you have got 12% of telefonica's brazil, when it merges with gvt, they are offering vivendi a stake in the merged asset. then, interestingly, they get the option to have italians boater too. -- italian exposure too. the brazilian regulator doesn't wan

. >>> brazil is an economic were power. much rapid growth has strippe stripped brazil of its ability to care for communities. >> it's another busy day at its clinic in rio de janeiro. people here receive basic care and preventive medicine free of charge as provided by brazilian law. 20,000 people rely on the clinic. >> our main goal are preventions high blood pressure, diabetes, prenatal health, hypertension is our basic problem. >> reporter: it's not chronic disease but chronic shortage of doctors especially in rural areas and villages. >> in this community the doctor patient ratio is one doctor for every 3,500 patients. >> reporter: the life expectancy for a brazilian is 73.3 years. lower than most south american countries. in some regions it's 67 years. worse than in bangladesh. last year brazil began importing foreign doctors mostly from cu cuba. dr. gonzalez is one of 7,300 could you pan doctors in brazi 7,300 cuben doctors here. >> i'm seeing patients here that i didn't in cuba. i'd never seen tuberculosis before. >>

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both companies compete in brazil's phone market.hugai jumped the most in 40 years after reports that roche was in talks to buy a stake. forai partners with roche oncology and arthritis drugs. old volvo is craving a safety first suv. it will have crash avoidance to prevent drivers from pulling out too early into traffic. the model represents the winding down of previous ford motors as they reemphasize for safety while wooing wealthier suv customers. could soon bemes a thing of the past. how new technology is helping to crack cold cases. that is later on "the pulse." ♪ >> welcome to "the pulse." check in what is happening on the market. manus cranny. do almost managed to in a day what we achieved in a week. what political conversation cap have on in the markets. at it. london, paris, spain -- all the stoxx 600of being all. we have the federal reserve minutes and the jackson hole meeting on friday. a dove assessed on friday. -- fest on friday. london house prices, could today be on the turn? they dropped the most in almost 60 years. th

now i will give it to indonesia followed by brazil. you have the floor. >> mr. president, let me begin by commending you for convening this important meeting. i would also like to thank the general for comprehensive briefings. thank you as well for being here with us. my delegation associates itself with the statements we have heard that the distinguished representative of saudi arabia and islamic republic of iran. on behalf of the oic. mr. president, indonesia is deeply shocked by the military tragedy indiscriminate killings and disproportionate use of force by israel come up but we are also deeply appalled at the fact that the brutal and inhumane assault by israel could take place for almost a month without proper response by the united nations. in that regard, indonesia is calling upon the united nations to uphold its responsibilities. toward international peace and security. mr. president, the recent development in gaza, we would like to highlight several key actions. first, and the cycle of violence. clearly a cease-fire must be durable and comprehensive to

. >> and the battle for brazil. an offer with as much as 7 billion euros. brazilian units. >> hello, and welcome to countdown. i am mark barton. accepted and ukraine cease-fire in talks in berlin last night, no agreement was reached, according to the german foreign minister. hans nichols joins us. was there any progress at all? >> well, the foreign minister of germany says there was progress, but he did not elaborate, and he stressed several points, briefing reporters earlier this morning after the talks concluded that the situation was difficult, it comes at a difficult time, and difficult seemed to be his word. the goal, of course, is a cease-fire. and there are future victims. over five hours of talks last outside ofin berlin, berlin, and yes, they talked about cease-fire and also the humanitarian situation in eastern ukraine. into the meeting, the ukrainian foreign minister, here is what he had to say. now all sides are heading back. steinbrenner wants them to head out later today. hope to get a sense of just where things stand. >> what is the latest on

and aid workers in brazil are turning to modern tools and to the public to protect children from danger. >>> the ebola virus spread to africa's most populous country and nigeria's health minister declare add national emergency, many feared authorities won't be able to contain the spread. residents of guinea became the first victims of the outbreak in february. then the virus spread to sierra leo leone, liberia and now nigeria. more than 900 people have died in the worst outbreak of ebola in history. nigerian authorities announced a man who flew in to liberia from legos tied and a nurse that treated him died and health care worker whose are believed to have had direct contact with him are infected. the first patient was quarantined at legos airport but the man was not held in sec collusion. he was taken to a hospital in the city. medical staff treated him without wearing special protective gear. >> we have a crisis on our hands. for me, yes, it's a national emergency. >> government officials are preparing to set up special tents nationwide to quarantine patients. liberia's vice president

it wants new buyers in brazil. >> thank you very much.ing up on "on the move," from the wild west to the east. i'll tell you what i am talking about in two minutes. ♪ >> this is>> "on the move. i am jonathan ferro. this is what marcus look like. the session high, up by .5%. on the ftse. what a week for european equities. the market has a couple of stocks to watch. manus cranny. >> we're going to break all tradition. we are going to blow all tradition out of the water. cheapt comes the fashion, these guys are delivering. up 17%. their opening new stores. what we have seen is this stocks is one of the stoxx 600 retail, up five percent in the past three-month. retail is down 5%. billiton, will they or won't they go for the big merger plan? sticking to core areas. copper, coal and petroleum. this is what we will find out next week as they spin off the likes of nickel and aluminum. i wanted to tell you about telecom italia. it's down. money are they going to have to pay to get their hands on vivendi? >> firdariday. you cut a stock from three t

. >> brendan, tell us about brazil. brazil is part of this equities surge. --what is happening brazil in brazil is that investors are hopeful there will be a change in leadership. much like in india. the current president is seen as a continuation of what her predecessor did. restrictive inry terms of what companies can do. >> and it is her fault they lost the world cup. >> it is not her fault. if you want to get into that, i have a soapbox. >> to we have an extra hour of "bloomberg surveillance"? [laughter] >> what you see with stocks moving in brazil is the hope that she will lose the presidential election. >> our next-door it. >> a quick wrapup of geopolitics. ukraine and gaza. prospects for more. -- for more airstrikes against the islamic state. have the contract between two side starting talks about political resolution with battle still taking place on the ground in ukraine. >> these images of suits and ties meeting against multiple battles and many dying in eastern ukraine. >> you have guys at a summit that is not a summit's order exchange. we are not

at this stage, i give the floor to brazil and brazil is followed by canada. brazil, you have to floor. >> mr. president, i thank you for convening this timely meeting. and i would like to thank for the worrying information shared with us. the level of violence in the gaza strip that has taken almost 2 thousand lives, the majority of innocent civilians is unacceptable and profoundly saddens us. the situation is particularly disturbing because not only was the senseless loss of life in palestine and israel preventable had the peace talks been pursued but the continuation of hostility will only distance the parties further from every-lasting peace. the briefings we heard this morning can't not shock our human consciousness. behind the statistics are real human beings, some greatly affected for the third time in a short period. peace in the middle east is so fundamental and the stakes are so high that the international community simply can't allow the future of israelis and palestinians to be dictated by tension, recurrent violence, and periodic burst of deadly c

the doctors are paid far less than their brazil colleagues and brazil pays cuba $4100 per month throughganization for each doctor. the physicians themselves receive less than a third of that, the rest goes back to the cuban government. a handful of cuban doctors quit the program complaining of an unfair pay scale. dr. gonzales says she is sticking with the program. >> translator: i don't care about the money, i receive 10% of what all doctors get here and my family back home gets money and the rest. the percentage the government gets supports education and free healthcare. >> reporter: to meet the needs of its people brazil must train more public health doctors and provide incentives for them to practice where they are needed the most. rob reynolds, rio. >>> let's get you the latest sport now and here is laura. >> mcilroy is a favorite to win the golf and a northern irishman claimed number one with victory at the golf championship and he made a great start to the final round with three birdies and finished 66, seeing him win the title for the first time and perfect preparation for the t

why brazil. -- brazil? invite ane wants to brazilian for a dance. especially a company. due to theffected consolidation of the sector. we can compare value and industrial background of the proposals. not be more different from one another. andfonica is an exit ticket telecom is on the table. there's an issue of personality and it is an important element to be taken. long has been a relationship. ande is an industrial financial issue. like there is an issue on whether the unit is for sale or not. is inl, you know, that context. the counterproposal of telefonica expires tomorrow and it is a tactical attempt to buy some time and negotiate further. longerering has a expiration date and they want to put pressure to come to a quick decision. vivendi will take the necessary time for negotiating. it is not just maximization of value. in case they go for telecom for italian, it will be a defining operation for the next year of the new industrial environment. that is why i do not think the story will be over tomorrow. do noter say that they get the wedding ring on the finger. wher

brazil farmers are hoping to cash in on the food imports from north america and europe. >> reporter: this factory they work nearly around the clock to clean and process chicken to be sent to supermarkets. it is small by big industrial standards, producing about 45 tons of product a day. but they are one of brazil's biggest and most respected producers of organic free-range chickens, a growing industry here. >> translator: the intense rif industrial models of food production have been widely criticized, so consumers are motivated to buy more organic, that has pushed growth of our company. >> reporter: here they have more than 20,000 hens. right now all of these are for the domestic brazil market, but this company says should the opportunity present itself they are ready to start exporting internationally. that might happen soon with russia banning western food imports brazilian producers are set to fill the gap, and this is one of hundreds of food exporters on the list. it could be a boom for brazil's poultry industry, who already provides food to more than 150 countries, including ru

exports to russia that's according to the financial times citing senior officials nations such as brazil and chile were set to meet the short fall when the russia introduced a food embargo on a range of european products in response to ease sanctions and more and out from our correspondents in berlin people all over. well following russia's decision to ban the import of certain foodstuffs in agricultural produce from from europe as well as other countries in retaliation to the sanctions that were opposed the economic sanctions that were imposed on russia as we understand that brussels are going to try and contact some countries in central and south america in order to dissuade them from selling the blockaded the banned foodstuffs to russia at a decent price now what we're particularly looking at is countries like brazil and chile and brazil is already seen this is an opportunity it has long trading history with russia it's opened to open around ninety meat processing plant it's expected that brazil will be the place that russia goes to to try and get its beef and pork also chile which is

to brazil now, where the presidential candidate eduardo campos has been killed in a plane crash. that's coming up in our next segment, which is one minute away, so stay with us. >> don't go away. >> welcome back to the program. now to that story we were just talking about -- brazil's presidential candidate eduardo campos killed in a plane crash. >> authorities say all seven passengers, including several other party officials, died when the aircraft plunged into a residential area of the city. >> amateur footage captured the devastation at the sight of the crash. buildings destroyed. wreckage scattered across this residential neighborhood. emergency services rushed to the scene, but it's not taught any of those on board the plane survived. it's not yet clear whether there were any fatalities on the ground. the most prominent casualty was edward compos, in third place for brazil's presidential election. his death throes campaigning for the october vote into disarray. campaign activities have been suspended for three days as a mark of respect. it's not clear what caused the plane to

for brazil, they want more competition. they do not want less. brazil is where it is at. it is an emerging market. lots of young people want to access video content, big data via mobile phones. that his wife the -- why the unit is such an alluring asset. wantl is saying i do not telefonica to come in. more players, not less. more competition, not less. so we will have to see whether the brazilian regulators like both offers. it does seem to be a tussle between the spanish and italian dominant telecoms for vivendi. >> thank you very much. coming up on the program, putin is next. emerging markets stocks gain as russia's leader helps to stop ukraine's -- what they are doing to emerging markets after the short break. ♪ >> welcome back. vladimir putin says russia will do all it can to end t he conflict in ukraine. eu ministers gathered for talks in brussels. our next guest says that markets are too over trusting of putin. peter, thank you very much for coming in. what you think his endgame is? you mentioned in the past that russia was some sort of unstable buffer state here th

the new party for the socialist party in brazil has become a major player.s date day. >> i'm in the english midlands asking if electric is the future of power racing. >>> let's have a look at the top stories here at al jazeera. at least 24 people have been killed in israel's latest air strikes on gaza. hamas says three of its commanders are among the dead. in thursday's attack near the southern town of rafah, binyamin netanyahu says israeli forces will continue to respond to attacks from gaza. and the palestinian president mahmoud abbas is in doha to meet the amir. >>> indonesian police fired tear gas to disperse protesters outside the constitutional court in jakarta. the court is delivering its verdict over alleged fraud in the presidential elections last month. losing candidate prabowo subianto says the vote was rigged. >>> michael rowland is a political analyst and former sort offer for the national democratic institute, joining us live from jakarta. thank you for talking to us. what is your safety of the situation, how tense is it in jakarta, and which w

brazil has been fairly good for us.e is starting to show some signs of life although it's always fits and starts. >> absolutely, it depends on how the economy is going. we were just talking about muscle cars and the latest advancements in that category. those are sexy things on wheels but what about sexy things that fly? what is the latest in aviation? what are the billionaires asking for? >> much of the market is skewing larger. >>? what is warren buffett asking for that's what i want to know. does he want diet coke on his airplane? >> yes, we keep those things close. he is the same in the air is on the ground. >> what will get your customers coming back and coming to you versus flying commercial? >> it's so much more convenient to fly with us. we go to 5000 airports and the average commercial airline goes to 70. 17.6 million dollars in signature planes with plush interiors and redesigned seatings and in-flight entertainment systems and it goes on. we think eric sprint is materially better than everywhere else. >> i di

brazil if they take it.ighting up the phones as we speak to solicit interest and get competitive. >> you think there will be others? >> there will be at&t who have been long speculated to go into latin america. we have local players. american mobile. conceivably make an offer. there's a lot of players that can come around should not beica's bid accepted. >> matt campbell, the latest on the telecommunications story. hotels, profit dropped 8%. we caught up with sco and his first -- ceo in his first interview. look, there are some situations around the world that are political or social or fighting going on in certain markets. clearly, we have to protect our guests and employees. none are that critical in terms of our scare. love to take a very long-term view. we see markets like russia and china and the middle east words a lot of long-term opportunity. we have to take a very long-term view. the majority of our profits can't from a u.s. and europe. we will take a long-term view until it can be buffered. until w

brazil's government committed them for reducing the forest.station increased by 28% last year after years of decline. many loggers and illegal miners are able to operate with impunity. with dismantling of the country's biggest criminals, it represents victory for those brazil say should be doing more to protect natural resources. >>> now when you think of google, you usually think of search engines or computers. the company has now taken to the skies. this is the first drone aircraft can designed to deliver small packages over long distances to isolated areas. the program is under development for two years and now made public. google hopes to eventually use it to deliver aid to disaster zones. >>> what weighs more than a ton and feeds hundreds. mexico city's largest ever enchilada. mexican chefs toiled for hours preparing this dish at the national enchilada fair a. they were hoping to beat the record set four years ago. they didn't quite measure up. enchilada date back to miam times. there's beef, cheese, vegetables. a record attempt that fail

has 8,000 employees in brazil, and rising.rallies here, immelt, as cheerleader, looks out at the future of the company. >> i want you to get up every day and want to beat caterpillar. i want you to hate the color yellow and do everything you can to make sure we're winning and beating the competition. >> on top of expanding the locomotive operation here, immelt is building a new aviation plant and a new research and development center in rio. you have also made the case that by increasing investment in a place like brazil, it would allow you to bring more jobs back home. now, that's counterintuitive. >> look around this room. all of these components come from the u.s. how are you doing? >> but after following him around brazil, i wondered whether g.e. was still an american company. >> i'm a complete glalist. i think like a global ceo. but i'm an american. i run an american company. but in order for g.e. to be successful in the coming years, i've got to sell my products in every corner of the world. >> i mean, you may personally

bidding a final farewell, brazil pays respects for the one killed in a plane crash. ♪ the iraq army withsh forces have taken control of the north country and mosel dam has been in the control of fighters of islamic state group for months now and advance of kurdish forces in the region is helped by u.s. air strikes and this is video released by u.s. military showing islamic state targets being struck in northern iraq, live to irbil, the capitol of the kurdish region in northern iraq and our correspondent is jane and bring us up to date because we are hearing the iraq cherokee army has been fighting alongside the kurdish and together they managed to secure the mosel dam. >> well, as you can imagine it's a huge target, the mosel dam is a vast facility and there is fierce fighting going on although the iraq government would like to declare victory in this it seems a bit premature perhaps. what we do know some units of the iraqi forces, not regular army but it appears the highly specialized and highly trained u.s. counter terrorism forces have been in the fight and significantly involved in t

a final fair well, brazil pays respects to a candidate killed in a plane crash. kurdish forces from islamic straight group fighters in the north of iraq. the kurdish peshmerga want to take back towns. the iraqi army and the united states are trying to drive out fighters. u.s. has been carrying out airstrikes against the armed group. let's look at the areas where there has been fighting. you will see that so far, there we go, forces have retain three towns, some of those troops have pushed on to the town of telkef, certain by the rebel fighters a few days ago and there has been fierce wipeding going on there now. a major battle going on for the strategic mosul dam, too. zeina chodr. >> there is al military operation. the peshmergaa forces are going to the west, trying to recapture vision villages to my east. the mosul damn is still in the hands of the islamic state group. the peshmerga forces have managed to recapture three christian towns. we are in one of them, sharkia. the town of telskaf, we weren't able to enter because there are explosive devices, booby-trap

>> what about the regulatory issues within brazil?may not let the deal go through. >> that's what the problem is, do you want more consolidation? both of these options are for merging with the rival, but they want more competition, not less. that will be a really interesting take. how can they promise brazil more competition? would take aalia stake in tim. cash. >> telefonica is a bit heavier in terms of cash. >> we have got numbers coming out. frenchygues is a conglomerate. the third biggest player in french when it comes to mobile. -- france when it comes to mobile. they have had a tough full-time of it. -- tough old time of it. they are desperate to either merge or exit the business. as it stands, it is too competitive in france, there is a price war. iliac is shaking things up and bouygues has not managed to perform. catch generation has been down. they are cutting the four-year sales forecast. the conditions are even tougher. it will fall to 1%-2%. they are opposite to brazil. they will have fewer players. they want to go back to

gabriel elizondo, al jazerra, santos, brazil. >>> much more ahead on the show, including hopes for ato peace in the capital of the central african republic. and the first papel visit to asia in 15 years, pope francis visits south korea for a five-day trip calling for peace. >>> i am lee welington in london for a traditional indian trying to reach out and grab a new global audience. @jvé >> it's a chilling and draconian sentence... it simply cannot stand. >> this trial was a sham... >> they are truth seekers... >> all they really wanna do is find out what's happening, so they can tell people... >> governments around the world all united to condemn this... >> as you can see, it's still a very much volatile situation... >> the government is prepared to carry out mass array... >> if you want free press in the new democracy, let the journalists live. >> al jazeera america presents a self portrait of generation now... >> so many of my friends is pregnant... >> i feel so utterly alone... >> you need to get your life together >> i'm gonna do whatever needs to be done... >> ya boy is lookin'

the financial times moscow imposed an embargo on a range of european products and countries like brazil and chile are being cameras to step in and fill the gap for years our correspondent peter oliver with more well following russia's decision to ban the import of certain foodstuffs and i will produce from from europe as well as other countries in retaliation to the sanctions that were opposed the economic sanctions that were imposed on russia as we understand that brussels are going to try and contact some countries in central and south america in order to dissuade them from selling the blockaded the foodstuffs to russia at a decent price know what we're particularly looking at is countries like brazil and chile and brazil is already seeing this is an opportunity it has a long trading history with russia it's opened set to open around ninety meat processing plants it's expected that brazil will be the place that russia. and pork also chile which is said to be the place it goes to for fish imports that it's no longer accepting from the european union now those farmers that are here in e

in the nighttime, four women died in brazil. she survived the beating but the injustice she suffered didn't end there. >> by that time, nothing happens. he never went to the court. nothing happened. >> reporter: her former husband was never prosecuted because up until a few years ago there was no comprehensive law regarding domestic violence on the books in brazil. for researchers studying gender-based violence like marcos, the lack of legislation reflect add broader cultural problem. >> they don't consider violence against women a -- a serious issue. it's a private one. most of the perpetrators are not judged or condemned. >> reporter: in 2006, the first law of violence against women was passed. >> i saw it was very pop lar. it was my country promoting the law and helping the women. >> reporter: panela dedicated her life to raising awareness about the law. founding an organization in 2008, she and her all female team hosted graffiti workshops throughout rio de janeiro to promote awareness of domestic violence for girls and boys

for the first time in more than five years brazil has slipped into a recession.h rate shrank .6% from april to june. raymond collect joins me with more. trying to stimulate growth with tax cuts and more spending. what are economist saying on why the strategies have not worked? >> the brazilian economy has been slowing down for several years. when she took over nearly four years ago she inherited the fastest-growing economy in over there -- and over two decades and now presiding over a recession. there are three main reasons. one, the weaker demand for commodities such as iron or. than the fact that consumers are by using less, fewer tv sets, refrigerators and cars largely due to a rise in interest rates, and the third reason that came out very clearly in the gdp report, falling investment. that is closely linked to a lack of confidence. consumers are not confident the economy is going to start growing again. they complain about interventionism, especially in controlling market, prices, etc.. >> how are brazil's central bankers expect it to react? >> we're hearing

and it's really shaking up the entire presidential campaign in brazil. right now, especially in the home state. no one is worried. they are waiting for the funeral on sunday to pay respects to the young and up and coming political later that most m brazil say lost his life too soon. >> thousands of people are causing themselves with ice cold water and placing their videos online to raise money for a fatal motor neurone disease mac feret has more. fmpts if you have been online -- john terrett has more. >> reporter: if you have been online, there's a good chance you have seen people undertaking the a ls challenge. ster too cold for you, you can make a donation. als sfand for amyothophic lateral sclerosis, known as lou gehrig disease, after a baseball great diagnosed with it. it's a degenerative disease, ending the brain's ability to initiate and control muscles. a viral campaign is thrusting the fatal disease into the spotlight. according to the als association. 15 cases are diagnosed. as many as 30,000 americans have the disease at any time. als affects 2

brazilment came after denounce the israeli assault and recalled its ambassador to tel aviv. the israeli government is rejecting the three-member united nations panel convened to investigate possible war crimes committed by both hamas and israel. canadian professor of international law william schabas will head the panel along with the veteran you and human rights expert. british-lebanese lawyer amal al named toas initially the panel but pulled up shortly after her appointment was announced. she recently made headlines after it was announced she was engaged to marry hollywood actor george clooney. on tuesday, israeli government spokesperson mark regev dismiss the panel as a kangaroo court. ofthe so-called commission inquiry established by the ewing human rights council is a travesty. it has about as much good ability as a kangaroo court and its chairman, well, he has such a documented record of anti-israel bias, i think any fair-minded person would demand to recuse himself. >> panel chair worry and shop is dismissed claims of anti-israel bias as a slur and slander. the world

. >>> and brazil pays its respect to a presidential candidate killed in a plane crash. >>> hello. police are trying to clear protesters from the streets of ferguson, a town that has become a flashpoint of racial tension in america. a curfew has cop into effect -- come into effect following violence scenes and a crackdown in the last few hours. protests were sparked after a white police officer shot and killed a black teenager. michael brown was shot six times. rob reynolds is in ferguson. >> there's a whiff of tear gas. police helicopters are overhead. behind me is the lights of a detachment of police. a short while ago protesters marched on the street towards a group of police in this direction behind me. what happened then is not clear. the st louis city police put out the word that a molotov cocktail was thrown to the police lines. that's not been confirmed aan eyewitness. the police cold the crowd to disperse and move down the avenue, the main street, using smoke bombs, tear gas grenades, and rioting in armoured vehicles. a large number of very heavily armoured and armed polic

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