we all know in brazil that what works in brazil and has worked for a while, is that you have to develop the, the region and not only the amazon, but in a way that preserves its major assets, rich environmental assets, sets and innovates. but this is a language that is foreign aid to mr. bolton out of he does not understand that you cannot allow unregulated exploration of, of this area. and. 'd you know, he will have to because this somehow that brazil must in order to claim its sovereignty over the amazon over its territory. it must show today international community obviously that it can handle it. brazil has signed a number of international agreements and conventions in that regard. and will now be facing the pressure from those countries, partners off brazil that one brazil to develop and to develop in a way that is beneficial to itself to the rest of the world and does not impair development in brazil, it is a hoax to say that you know, prohibiting developing development in damages on its gone eco, with brazil's interest to economic growth. we can do both and the same time we must d

, brazil.right. president. but things have changed in brazil, the bully, the brazilian, both relations, and especially the black population. it's much more a mobilize, so people are reacting to the violence in the last local elections. how the brazilian people specially brazilian black people are mobilized around as well, to not raise. so there are, there were a lot of black women, a lot of black males eligibility be more a part of belong to there will be the community. a lot of people who are elected, and it's certainly this is certainly a reaction against the populists. right wing embraces administration at a seminar at a law professor who's written extensively on racism in brazil. great to get your thoughts here on out as they are. thanks for being with us at all. thanks for having me. now the, as very army has entered a dam, a district that's been under control now for almost 30 years. it's one of 3 areas that armenia has to hand back as part of a cease fire idea to end 6 weeks of fighting

, talk us qualified to play for brazil, talk us through how that's the case. qualified to play for brazil us through how that's the casem was a very weird series of events to be honest, but i moved to australia answer playing sevens out there and bumped into maddie gardner who is the head coach of the brazil will evans rugby league team and he did a bit of coaching with myself and friends in australia and talking through realising to the uk and only by his leaker and the fact that he played for brazil himself came up to the fact that i have brazilian heritage and asked me to send forges through to their and now i'm here. backin through to their and now i'm here. back in st albans on the home ground since moving back from australia bit earlier than anticipated due to the current situation, but still going oi'i current situation, but still going on with training and the programmes and making the most of it, really. and obviously francesca talking there australia are in the team to beat committee for the last two tournaments. yet they have, surely a fantastic side and it's so great to see ho

brazil elected right. president. but things have changed in brazil, the brazilian population, and especially the black population, is much more mobile. so people are reacting to this new device. and the last local election that spread, how liberal clean people actually, brazilian black sea folk are mobilized around the question of race. so there are, there were a lot of life, a lot of black males. allan's, if you see people, this is certainly a reaction against the populists right wing and races, administration drug company pfizer and its german partner bear on tag count, filed for emergency authorization in the u.s. for their covert 19 vaccine. now secretaries describe the move as light at the end of the tunnel. if that request is approved, a vaccine could be available within weeks. mike hanna is in washington d.c. . he explains why the approval process could take longer than expected. what happens once fire registers the request with the f.d.a.? it then looks at the data that pfizer has collected through its tests

race is in brazil is a structural problem. so black people face the discrimination in a, in every aspect in every they mention of social life in employment in school medical treatment. for instance, brazilians usually receive last than half of the salary of a white man. black women usually receive the core sample lap band. the salaries are last minute deal that lacked the right president. but things have changed in brazil, brazilians, population, and especially the black population is much more mobile. so people are reacting should these new devices and the local action threat, how brutally people would actually brazilian black sea folk are mobilized around the question of race. so there are, there were a lot of life, a lot of black males to be see people out. this is certainly a reaction against the popular is right wing and race is administration. still, harry don't always read a book of fassero prepares to pick its next president on sunday, but many people are scared about heading to the polls and ready for takeoff. how thi

beefr, sugar, soy, and from brazil.ause the destruction of the amazon is really benefiting large agribusiness operations, including u.s. agribusiness corporations. so it is not about protecting the brazilian society, it is protecting large agribusiness corporations, timber companies, and mining companies. so we need to have solidarity. the environmental movements in brazil. we need to build international environment all movement and make sure that the world als can help brazil by boycotting these commodities. amy: maria luisa mendoÇa, thank you for being with us, director of network for social justice and human rights in brazil. when we come back, we go to durban, south africa, to speak with kumi naidoo. we're going to turkey and cambridge, england. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, the quarantine report. i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. as we continue to look at the world's response to the u.s. election and president donald trump's loss to joe biden, we continue in the global south. we go t

very concerned about the situation in brazil. just talk us through what it's like in brazil, and is this concern being expressed justifies yes, well, this is not the 1st time that the expressed concern about brazil during this pandemic. a lot of it has to do with the cavalier attitude of its president, jackie, to many times mind local lock down policies put in place by state in that country just 3 days ago. he has, for example, said that he personally will not take the vaccine when that vaccine will be available. and as he insisted once again that he doesn't believe that fake face masks are necessary or useful in fighting this pandemic. he said that that will be the last to fall in this situation with the president, often openly fighting with local authorities. it has been very difficult for brazil to respond to the new spike in cases that we have seen in the last couple of weeks. over the weekend. there were pictures of the beaches of overcrowded beaches in brazil. malls being taken over by customers buy for christmas, all that

do you find a latin america occupying brazil on al-jazeera. donald trump and joe biden make a last minute push to voters we're less than 24 hours to go with the most anticipated u.s. election in recent years. about others and this is all deserve a live from doha also coming up. front it seems that couple university has gunman killed 19 students and teachers during an i was long. the cleanup begins in the philippines after one of the most powerful.

brazil's president is gaining unexpected friends. south america correspondent reports from the northeast of brazil, region where the president used to be popular, and now the brazilian president popularity ratings are going up. reporter: this is brazil's wide -- wild west, and that he is unforgiving. as a poor region or people say that they feel forgotten. god, above all, this is a part of brazil where religion dominates and where politics is just as sacred and local leaders often answer people's prayers. he is running as the town's mayor and this weekends elections. even in covid times politics is personal here. a handshake or photo op can change everything. the president is not on the ballot and his team looks up to him. >> i think the people see truth. he has to be radical in his beliefs. radical and his love for brazil for the family, for god, and for the three pillars of our society. reporter: down the road, i meet francis. she calls him the father because christmas came early this year. when the pandemic heads, but the governme

in brazil, after another black man is killed at the hands of security guards or come to the program, our top story, i still says it was behind rocket attacks in afghanistan's capital, kabul that killed at least 8 people and injured dozens more. the attack happened just hours before the u.s. secretary of state might on peo, was due to hold talks with the afghan government and taliban negotiators in cattle . the united states this week said it would soon pull about 2000 troops out of afghanistan. figure controversy has more now from the afghan capital. schoolgirls running for their lives after rocket lands, new school, part of a record needed attack on the capital. kabul, the more than 20 rockets landed in residential areas near the green zone, where many embassies are based. it was a little after 8. 30 in the morning when the 1st rocket landed in the afghan capital for the next 10 minutes. it felt like kabul was under attack. witnesses say the attack during the morning rush hour was timed to cause maximum damage the source. what they got was morning and we were leaving our home when a

outrage across brazil at the killing of a black man by security guards. protestors focusing their anger at branches of the french supermarket chain. where the incident happened. being black in brazil means you have your humanity stolen. you have all your rights stolen. you don't have the opportunity to come and go in peace. you have the security system designed to have you queues. even when you were the victim, you were the target of any bullet that circulates in the city. there is no bullet lost when it hits a black body. the killing was caught on camera with the video spreading on social media, alberto's severity frater. this was held by one security guard and repeatedly punched in the face by another. and what's drawn comparisons to the death of george floyd in the u.s. one god was seen kneeling on him moments before he died. one of the gods was an off duty police officer, and both have been arrested. brazilian subsidiary says it will push for a criminal case to hold those responsible to account. in a tweet, the state governor said when we should be ce

well, quite frankly, brazil is a country where black people are killed every day, either at the hands, and they are killed much more than their white counterparts. if you look at the statistics of black people that are killed by security forces in brazil, or if you look at the statistics of people in general that are killed in brazil, 70% to 75% of them, according to all reputable statistics, are black or brown people. and usually, unfortunately, there is very little come back on this, at least from the state. what we can see, there are these protests happening across the nation tonight, perhaps as a growing force of what we have seen in the us as well, with the killing of george floyd, a growing black lives matter movements inside of brazil also, but realistically, in brazil, if you are black, if you are poor, your family can realistically, you know, what. .. what is going to happen, in terms of compensation from the state, will be very little. in the final weeks of president trump's time in office, the usjustice department says an american man convicted of spying for israel and jail

in fact to go against these idea staying with brazil what about brazil's experience with zeke of ours. expedience was busy covering us had to defend distribution because a particular spread having being a vector borne disease particularly spreads in a suburb of populations of lower socioeconomic status because. of the scientists i think ation of a city or of this suburbs could be maintained the mosquitoes was not breeding and so the infection could be avoided while in other contexts where he was impossible to prevent the breeding of the most. faction went wild and in fact is a large straight off the population but this is a completely different type of approach because the in this case what should be prevented was the mosquito rather than the interpersonal infection as in the case what about the sweden talk to the government get it so wrong. well sweden is a nice example in europe because the spite of having a not very dense population and young population and a strong system witnessed by the high mortality in every search i conducted by the end of june 20 twentieth's where that ranke

according to unicef survey during the 1st months of the pandemic the number of hungry in brazil rose dramatically. seeing one in every 5 brazilians went hungry or admitted not having enough money to buy food the population as a whole lost about half of its income but families with children and adolescents suffered a bigger loss of 63 percent brazil is still the world's 3rd largest producer of food much of it is sold abroad last year brazilians exported $32000000000.00 worth of agricultural products to $180.00 countries but experts are warning the government that the country means back on the united nations hunger map it's a place brazil had left 6 years ago. now is often described as the last oil front to rear it's a country that's known for its uranium and diamonds but in the last few years the oil industry has been beating a path to its door but no commercial deposits have been found yet but that hasn't stopped oil companies from snapping up licenses to drill recon africa small canadian oil company plans to begin drilling in the north of the country there's thought to be around 110

in fact to go against of these idea staying with brazil what about brazil's experience with zeke of ours. expedience was busy covering us had a different distribution because a particular spread that having being a backs were borne disease particularly spread in a suburb of population some of the lower socioeconomic status because where the scientists of a city or of this suburbs could be meant taint the mosquitoes was not breeding and so the infection could be avoided while in other contexts where he was impossible to prevent the breeding of the mosquitoes and their faction went wild and in fact is a large straight off the population but this is a completely different type of approach because the in this case what should be prevented was the mosquito rather than the interpersonal infection as in the case what about the sweden talk to the government get it so wrong. well sweden is a nice example in europe because the spite of having a not very dense population and young population and strong systemic weakness very high mortality you know every such a conducted by the end of june 20 twent

in fact to go against of these idea staying with brazil what about brazil's experience with zeke of ours. experience was busy covering us had to defend to distribution because a particular spread having being a backs were borne disease particularly spread in a suburb of populations of lower socioeconomic status because. of the scientists allegation of a c.t. or of this suburbs that could be men taint the mosquitoes was not breeding and so the infection could be avoided while you know other contexts where it was impossible to prevent the breeding of the mosquitoes and their faction went wild and in fact is a large straight off the population but this is a completely different type of approach because the in this case what should be prevented was the mosquito rather than the interpersonal infection as in the case what about the sweden talk to the government get it so wrong. well sweden is a nice example in europe because the spite of having a not very dense population and young population and a strong system witnessed by the high mortality in every search i conducted by the end of june 20

being black in brazil means you have your humanity stolen. you have all your rights store and you don't have the opportunity to come and go in peace. you have the security system designed to have you q, just even when you were the victim and you were the target of any bullet that circulates in the city. there is no bullet lost when it hits a black body. you know, as you will see, what, what we saw in porto allegro is the most despicable expression of structural racism, institutional racism, and of how much brazil still inherits from the heritage of the slave countries operating the americas or just to give you some background, black and mixed race, people make up about 57 percent of the population in brazil, but the brazilian form on public safety says 74 percent of the victims of lethal violence are black or mixed race. and it says they make up 79 percent of people killed by police. tell grandpa is a human rights law professor from the f t v law school in south. paolo joins us by skype. now 1st of all, can i ask about your thoughts on the fo

being black in brazil means you have your humanity stolen. you have all your rights story. you don't have the opportunity to come and go in peace. you have the security system designed. have you accused, even when you were the victim, you were the target of any bullet that circulates in the city. there is no bullet lost when it hits a black body. the killing was caught on camera with the video spreading on social media. alberto sabera freighter. this was held by one security guard and repeatedly punched in the face by another. and what's drawn comparisons to the death of george floyd in the u.s. . one god was seen kneeling on him moments before he died. one of the gods was an off duty police officer, and both have been arrested. brazilian subsidiary says it will push for a criminal case to hold those responsible to account. in a tweet, the state governor said when we should be celebrating progress in the fight for racial equality, instead, we're faced with excessive violence. the lead to the death of a black man in south power. protests said the violence was a legacy from b

brazil has the world's 2nd largest coronavirus related death rate after the united states. some believe brazilians are less divided now than in 2018. when votes are now to won the election, promising to deliver the country from corruption and communism, if you don't, but he dies. the election strengthened centrist politicians in the big cities. they are in a better position to unite and defeat the conservative wave that took over brazil 2 years ago. stop in the ski and after voting in this school behind me, brazil's president both said that he was still going to wait a while before congratulating us president elect joe biden. he said that according to his sources, there was fraud in the american elections. there was a lot of fraud in the us. nobody could argue against that if it was sufficient to define the election of one candidate or the other. i don't know obliging until a final decision which may even be taken by the supreme court. also now to also said the brazil's electronic voting system, which has been in use for almost 25 years, may also be vulnerable to front mein

questions remain especially on the news that brazil has suspended its trial of a chinese candidate vaccine there are no easy answers. welcome to the show all this week we're talking vaccines and covert 19 on monday used broke that there could be a vaccine by the end of the year and america's pfizer and germany's biotech were 1st to announce successful data from a large scale clinical trial of a coronavirus vaccine they say it's more than 90 percent effective when not going to be able to rely on just one vaccine to inoculate the world and then came the unfortunate news brazil's health regulator has stopped clinical trials of chinese corona vax organizers of the trial say it was a death but that it was not related to the vaccine that starts on those developments with henry who is professor of bioethics ne i.r. near if that were the result of the death were linked to the trial how ethical would that make it. to the drug. trial. it's just like your. work to. 'd keep that risk. but a participant being exploited. so. are being offered. areas of how drones mission of cool whip very dangerous. tha

in fact to go against these idea staying with brazil what about brazil's experience with of ours. experience was busy covering us had a different distribution because they in particular the spread that having being a backs were borne disease particularly spread in the suburb. populations of lower socioeconomic status because where the scientists of a city or of this suburbs could be meant taint the mosquitoes was not breeding and so the infection could be avoided while you know other contexts where he was impossible to prevent the breeding of the most he told and their own faction went wild and in fact is a large straight off the population but this is a completely different type of approach because the in this case what should be prevented it was the mosquito rather than the interpersonal infection as in the case what about the path that sweden took to the government get it so wrong. well sweden is a nice example in europe because the spite of having a not very dense population and young population and strong system weakness very high mortality you know every search i conducted b

race is in brazil is a structural problem. so black people face is just limitation in a, in every aspect in every they mention of social life. in employment in school medical treatment for instance, brazilians usually receive last than half of the salary of a white man. black women usually receive the core sample. i. then just summaries of the black male brasil that allege that right wing president. but things have changed in brazil, the brazilian population, and especially the black population, is much more immobile. so people are reacting to this day defiance and the last local election that spread. how differently people always special because they don't black sea folk are mobilized around the question of race. so there are, there were a lot of life women, a lot of black males to be the people of the far flung it. certainly this is certainly a reaction against the populists right wing and races at the ministrations all across the board in peru, right? scripts say there has been cases of police brutality in their capital. th

have a look for the fashion set in brazil. it's the event of the year sao paulo fashion week models, designers and buyers flock to the country's most popular city this year, though, it has a different look. the pandemic has forced designers to hold virtual fashion shows many found other creative ways, like these videos, to showcase their collections. but something else is different. diversity, a new quota means that people of color must make up at least 50 percent of models on the runway. but treats you diaz and for not a lot of slow are models from brazil. they have been fighting for this change for years. they think the quota is important. it makes the runway more diverse. the majority of people in our country are people of color. yet most fashion shows would only have one such model. i'm just asking for a fair chance. that's all i am willing to work hard at fair chance until now it wasn't possible, says fernanda, despite being belittled and discriminated against, she has become a successful model. she even landed the cover

president donald trump, in brazil's president jade ball. so narrow he took on both their names, sort them out of dropped balls on that oak and about the walsall. and i heard about it out there. trump, in boston, auto defend the values that i believe in church, family and country. for the 1st time in history, more than half of the candidates are black. more than 30 percent are women, and there are 3 times more transsexuals running for office than 3 years ago. like a son that i distance the rights of that is populism central in whiteness. quickly as not leading to a reaction by women, most people of color, the people who are feeling threatened or to bring down our laws and political ground to these new bobbins movements. and so we can also see these new generation of activists in brazil going to point to us. recent polls show bolsa, not as popularity declining, mainly because the government reduced by half the 110 dollars monthly emergency aid, which is being distributed since the beginning of the pandemic. show that both are not as candidate

and in this sense, brazil is doing worse. the united states police violence killed 236 african-americans in 2019. in brazil, it killed 4353 blacks during the last elections like candidates received up to 3 times less money than whites city council or candidate. almost like a mule to says that parties are not yet fully complying with the new law, but believes change is inevitable there. so mail to analyse, have what we are seeing a current political consciousness amongst blacks, women and minorities. he says they're pretty sick patient in future elections will only grow and so will their chances of being fairly represented. monitoring and i guess i'll just sirrah rio de janeiro. this is al jazeera and these are the headlines. u.s. president donald trump has admitted that he may not be leading the country's next administration. he's also suffered another legal setback after courts in pennsylvania threw out 5 republican lawsuits alleging voter irregularities. trump for speaking public.

a slumber of corona virus infections continues to suffer and the changing face of brazil's politics will take a look at how the black lives matter movement has impacted its electoral process. will start with the escalating situation in ethiopia, where forces in the to grey region have confirmed they did attack a military base which sparked a federal government offensive in the area official from the to great people's liberation front. the t. p.l.f. says that it was a preemptive strike. since the fighting began its escalated rapidly with reports of rockets hitting civilian areas, forcing thousands to flee. the country's human rights commission is sending a team to investigate reports of a massacre in one area. the government blames forces loyal to, to gray's leaders. an allegation that they deny al-jazeera as mohammed atta reports . now from the city of gonda on the border of the tigre, a region. it's huge by every measure, because from that time the prime minister has accused the p.l.f. that they have cut it out. these are talks at the basis of the north and they have loudly rejected tha

for brazil, s'pore the future looks bleak. but investors are also worried. the country is no longer part of the world's top 10 economies. brazilians used to boast the 9th largest g.d.p. . now they ranked 12 on the list. according to a report based on data from the international monetary fund, brazil's productivity has been declining, sees 2015, with the pandemic, the economy will shrink an additional 5 percent. besides that, political uncertainty has helped the body, the brazilian reale, make it one of the world's most worst performing currencies. a weak currency favors exports, but the silver lining is that double edged sword. with less food being sold on the domestic market, prices have gone up. most brazilians, like a shooting up at ross, are not interested in the country's international rankings. they're worried that staple foods like rice and black beans are 20 percent more expensive. it's not only fuel prices that went up construction material is also more expensive . these rigs, for example, cost 30 percent more than before the pandemic. the silver lo

but whatever the outcome, brazil still faces major problems. unemployment is at a record 14 percent. most schools are closed and there are fears of a 2nd wave of the pandemic, which has already killed more than 164000, brazilians, meineke, and not give rio de janeiro in peru. tens of thousands of people continue to protest against the impeachment of former president. they're accusing congress of staging a coup about demanding that the interim president step down while they are sanchez, reports. 7 for the 6 night in a row, angry protesters clashed with police tens of thousands of peruvians marching the country's main cities. at least 2 protesters died and several were wounded. the demonstrators are demanding that interim president manuel, maybe not leave. now. we're fed up with this situation. maybe no outs. protests erupted after former president martin discover was impeached and removed from office last monday. peruvians question the legitimacy of the new government and the nessus angry because of the 105 lawmakers who voted to unseat. he's go

and in this sense, brazil is doing worse.the united states police fire has killed 236 african-americans in 2019. in brazil, it killed $4353.00 blacks during the last elections like candidates received up to 3 times less money than whites city council or candidate. almost like a mule too, says that parties are not yet fully complying with the new law, but believes change is inevitable. we're seeing a current political consciousness amongst blacks, woman and minorities. he says their purchase of patient in future elections will only grow and so will their chances of being fairly represented. monica in i.q. 0. rio de janeiro. now, officials are retrieving the bodies of dozens of people. killed by the army has given some distraught families hope they could find out what's happened to their missing relatives. the military says soldiers carried out at least 50 extrajudicial killings in the northwest of the country. p.s.u. reports now from bogota forensic experts from colombia's earthing mass graves near the northwest town of the ar

but whatever the outcome, brazil still faces major problems. unemployment is at a record 14 percent. most schools are closed and there are fears of a 2nd wave of the pandemic, which has already killed more than 164000, brazilians. meineke an i.q. of rio de janeiro. thousands of people have been protesting again in peru over the dismissal of former president was in this car. demonstrations have been going on for days now are among the largest in 2 decades, at least one person has died in the latest on the rest. as qana has been banned from leaving the country just days after being impeached about allegations of corruption, our correspondent money, and sanchez in lima has more now on what's behind the rest of this is really about the legitimacy of this new interim government led by man led me to know who is technically still the congress president and who is now leading the country and who has now named a new cabinet, a very conservative cabinet, just that people feel that it does not represent them. and people feel that this group of legislators

that there's a majority for that but this is about the outline of that part of the discussion for brazil in brussels thank you so much. now russia has begun to deploy troops to the disputed territory of nagorno-karabakh to enforce a cease fire between azerbaijan and armenia the 2 former soviet republics have agreed to stop fighting after more than a month of bloodshed at least a 1000 people have been killed since his longstanding conflict broke out again in september. were the peace deal signed but this was the reaction in armenia. protesters storming the parliament building in get of demanding prime minister nicole resign of the of the several government offices were ransacked and the local media report the parliamentary speaker was attacked and beaten him in the was the prime minister pushing the uncalled for calm and said it hadn't been easy to agree a deal it's i saw. the decision has been taken as the result of analysis of the military situation and based on the assessments of the people who are the most familiar with the military situation is one was. during 6 weeks of fighting aze

he'll find a latin american occupying brazil on al-jazeera. the route. for. welcome back you're watching all desire with me so ron a reminder of our top stories are just a few hours left now until the 1st polling booths open for the u.s. presidential election donald trump and his rival joe biden have been making their final pitches to voters already a record $98000000.00 americans have cast their ballots at least one attacker is on the run after several gunman opened fire across central vienna on monday evening 2 civilians were killed the 15 others injured in what's being called a terrorist attack austria's interior minister described at least one of the gunman as an islamist terrorist. operations are continuing in the philippines after super typhoon goni hit the region that least 20 people died in the storm does extensive damage to homes and basic infrastructure. the afghan government has announced a national day of mourning after an attack at kabul university at least 22 people are being killed and 22 others injured during a gun battle eisel says it was beh

starting in the early 2000s, there was a plan to build a major highway moving products from brazil over the andes to the ports in the pacific for exports to places like china. that changed the face of madre de dios. it connected the city of puerto maldonado with the city of cusco in the andes. that voyage used to take about two weeks in the rainy season. now it takes about 6 hours. the price of gold started to rise, and in 2008, it skyrocketed. and that created an unprecedented gold boom for tens of thousands of miners, who came from mainly the andes into madre de dios and started to take the forest apart. some of the most dense and biodiverse rain forests in the world. so la pampa is an area next to the highway. about 5 years ago, this was a place that was a couple miners, a couple tents. and it eventually became an illegal city that had thousands of people and was the gateway to the hotspot of illegal gold mining in the amazon. [karina garay speaking spanish] fernandez: it's a place that has now been taken apart by a government action called operation mercury. [man yells, men respond]

brazil's president hasn't recognized joe biden's u.s. election victory yet, but has already already challenge the president elect with gunpowder, if necessary, over its promises about the environment. not a chaotic have reports from rio de janeiro when many americans were celebrating, joe biden's recent presidential victory, the presidents of the 2 largest latin american countries. still out by keeping silent mexico's and that is mainly low places, but a lot of places said it was a question of principle, which we did not want to meddle in america's internal politics. in would rather wait until all legal disputes will result. not in the motion, we had no differences with democratic party candidate, joe biden. no problem with him. manner gave no explanation for his silence, but made it clear he holds a grudge against biden, who's ready to challenge him if you need good on his environmental campaign promises. we've recently seen a chief of state candidate saying that if i don't put out the fires in the amazon, he will impose trade barriers

brazil falls out of the world's top 10 economies. a country ravaged by successive typhoons, the philippines struggles to keep its head above water. coming hello, the weather is settling down slowly, but it's still unsettled. i think you'd say with this swirl of clouds still going past tasmania and the northern edge of the showers developing in queens and i think will be quite poky. but once it's gone through queens award quite nicely, but we're talking about friday's was about showers inland here as new south wales victorian a.c.t. but the temperature in hobart has risen remarkably 20 were not allayed. isn't quite up to that stage. purse is going the opposite direction good of the system coming through here. so more rain for the sudden 3rd of western australia. and so good truck or showers, we're still quite warm. not far away from darwin, but it's where i'm indicating no towns and cities are the real wants will be found that think it's going to be overseas spreading into brisbane and such to enjoy it in sydney at 25 as well. obvious

garden economy minister paul ganders, says brazil, bro. once the pandemic is over and he can finally implement market friendly reforms . but for most here, what matters now is putting food on the table. economic recovery promised by the government still sounds like a long, hard, uphill battle money and i kept, i'll just sirrah, rio de janeiro. the european union is demanding china reverse. a new role does lead to full hong kong legislators being sacked, 15 opposition. politicians in the city have resigned in protest at the ruling. on wednesday, china passed a law allowing legislators to be barred if they pose, a national security threat. the u.k., which handed the territory back to china in 1907, says the move undermines hong kong's autonomy and has summoned the chinese ambassador. meanwhile, canada is easing immigration rules for people from hong kong to receive citizenship . canada's immigration minister says charges for breaching china's national security. you know, won't disqualify them. the country wants to speed up applications for y

for brazil, s'pore the future looks bleak. but investors are also worried. the country is no longer part of the world's top 10 economies. brazilians used to boast the 9th largest g.d.p. . now they rank 12 on the list, according to a report based on data from the international monetary fund. brazil's productivity has been declining, sees 2015, with the pandemic, the economy will shrink an additional 5 percent. besides that political uncertainty has helped devalue the brazilian reale, making it one of the world's most worst performing currencies. this year. a weak currency favors exports, but the silver lining is that double edged sword. with less food being sold on the domestic market, prices have gone up. most brazilians, like a shooting in a bedrock, are not interested in the country's international ranking. they're worried that staple foods like rice and black beans are 20 percent more expensive. it's not only for crude prices that went up construction material is also more expensive. these rigs, for example, cost 30 percent more than before the pandemic.

most major producers have set up shop in south america, and many are testing in brazil. in sao paolo hundreds of people and rolled in a study by germany's minds based beyond tech and us giant pfizer. the volunteer test subjects were given the candidate vaccine or a placebo. they aren't allowed to speak to us, nor are they paid, but many hope the vaccine will protect them. also be able to suppress aren't only hospital workers. there are also ordinary brazilians who have to get up early and spend hours on the bus or subway to get to work, but are by their. brazil has the 2nd highest number of coronavirus deaths worldwide, but to the people in the study see themselves as guinea pigs. they need of course, there's a risk. it's unavoidable if you want to test the vaccine. results on the vaccines efficacy could be available soon by antec study in brazil is further along than most other vaccine trials. also, activity there was give us if we think this vaccine will be effective, it will probably be one of the most important plaques ins worldwide. by on text vaccine candidate coul

just as brazil is experiencing a spike in covert, 19 infections. i mean, we've got to help each side's primary here to bring about i mean some paolo brazil financial center also now disfavored candidates never made it to the 2nd round of the municipal elections held on sunday incumbent. mayor bloomberg covers also a centrist was reelected region to sell. paulo showed the leaves and democracy moderation and science. it was a veiled criticism of the way both so narrow has been downplaying in handling the couvade 900 pandemic. brazil has the world's 2nd largest coronavirus related death rate after the united states. some believe brazilians are less divided now than in 2018 when bolsa not a one day election, promising to deliver the country from corruption and communism. if you don't buy their sick, he dies. the election strengthened centrist politicians in the big cities. they are in a better position to unite and defeat the conservative wave that took over brazil 2 years ago. stop in the ski and after voting in this school behind me, brazil's preside