the pension reform bill is the central plank of president jair bolsonaro's economic policy.generate savings of around 940 billion reais or $2“; billion over the next decade. the plan includes raising the minimum retirement age, to 65 for men and 62 for women. retiring at 55 is currently the norm, with many brazilians earning 70% of theirfinal salary for the rest of their lives. pension reform is key to bringing down brazil's ballooning debt, which touched a record 79% of gdp — or total economic output — in april. pension payments account for about a third of all government spending. the overhaul is also aimed at reviving the brazilian economy, which is still struggling to shake off the 2015—2016 recession. that saw the economy contract by almost 7%. but the pensions reforms are fiercely opposed by workers. that was the situation at least when first proposed. pablo riveroll, head of latin american equities at schroders, good morning. it seems the mood is changing? i think it is. there has been a gradual realisation that tension benefits are unsustainable and the more this goe

evendent jair bolsonaro denies that he was murdered.f you can explain what happened and then go deeper into what the deforestation of the amazon means for the world, called the lungs of the world, but start with the wajapi. >> the problem these indigenous thats, they are in areas illegal loggers, miners, have interests. they are interested in invading gold lands and taking the and timber from these areas. but this is illegal. we have very strict rules for activities to be carried out within indigenous lands. that presidentns ,olsonaro delivers in public they incentivize the invasion. we have, right now, 20,000 miners in the -- northern amazon. that theyjust feel have a partner in the cabinet in brasilia. before, and the v very first day, the very same day when the wajapi leader was murdered, the president said he would open indigenous lands for mining. , what they expect activitity point, the will be e legalized, some sort f formalized, so they will be able to stay there and remain there, doing the activities, and unfortrtunately harmin

justice minister, the f former judge who jailed luiz inacio lula da silva, paving the way for jair bolsonaro's election. commander ofthe the prosecutorial team and walking into court as though he were sitting judging lula's case and others as a neutral arbiter. everything may be a merely denied to the public they were doing, in fact they were doing for yearss as these documents show. amy: we look at the ongogoing fallout from the trump administration's decision to pull out the iran nuclear cord out t it as the i internationol atomic energy agency confirms iran's is enriching iranian above the agreed deal. all of that and more coming up. , welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. billionaire hedge fund manager jeffrey epstein was charged in a manhattan federal court monday with sex trafficking and conspiracy. he is accused of sexually assaulting and trafficking dozens of underarage girls betwn 2002 to 2005 at his homes in manhattan and palm beach, florida, where he paid them hundreds of dollars to perform sex acts and help recruit other girls for h

is also going through a wave of conservatism following the election of far—right politician, jair bolsonarooup of uk mps has predicted that cannabis will be legalised in the country within the next 5—10 years. they've recently returned from a fact—finding trip to canada where the drug has been made legal. jim connolly reports. these buds will probably get about four times larger by the time this plant is ready to harvest. currently, canada is the only g7 country to allow recreational use of cannabis. i've got no hair, do i still need this on my head? even a few years ago, this would have seemed unimaginable — three british mps from across the political spectrum, looking at how the legalisation process has been implemented. we're following the liberal democrat sir norman lamb, the conservativejonathan djanogly and labour's david lammy. you could go to prison for a very long time in britain if you had anything like this. the trip has been organised by a london—based campaign group voltefa ce. it wants the uk to legalise weed. it's sponsored by a big north american cannabis company called mpx

first six months of brazilian president jair bolsonaro's term in office. you can see it live at 10:00 a.m. eastern, online at c-span.org, or listen free on the c-span radio app. >> former special counsel robert mueller at the house and senate judiciary committees on wednesday, july 19 to testify in open session about his report into russian interference in the 2016 election. watch live coverage on c-span3 come online c-span.org, or listen on the free c-span radio app. >> saturday, democratic presidential candidates senator elizabeth warren of massachusetts, senator amy klobuchar of minnesota, and representative tulsi gabbard of hawaii spoke at the rainbow push coalition. it is 45 minutes. [applause] sen. warren: good morning, church. good morning, rainbow push. it is so good to be here this morning. it is good to be in the house of the lord. oh, yes. i am here this morning because this country is in a time of crisis. we are in a fight for the very soul of our nation. when we are in this kind of fight, this kind of battle, we need allies who know how to fig

now they s invaders are encouraged by the new president of brazil, jair bolsonaro. david: farmers are already pressing against the dark green edge of the rese president says that they should be allowed to e it, that digenous people have too much land. our satellite reveals how quickly trees can be wiped out. this is the forest. i show the people of the reserve rom space of what they are experiencing on the ground. with all this farmland all around you, when you are about ere, just in that little corner. with all of these pressures, tensions are escalat shots were fired at a sign marking the reserve. these farmers live just down the road, and like the president they want access to the forest. david: two very different views of t future of this land. the farmers with their fields right beside indigenous people in the forest. the te of the children here uncertain. they are learning traditional skillsand they have rights under brazilian law, but they are outnumbered, and powerful forces are circling outside. david shukman, bbc news, in the amazon. nada: a rare opportuni

the new president of brazil, jair bolsonaro, was eld on a promise to exploit the amazon.he's delighted suorters by saying too much of the forest is protected. his environment officials are deeply worried, but he has banned them from saying anything in public. you are trying to save the forest. so we have to meet this official in secret. his face hidden and voice changed, he says the government is trying to cover up the loss of the forest. david: and the scale of the deforestation he describes is staggering. up here, atop this 50-meter-high observation tor, the view is just phenomenal.ou of what looks like a great ocean of green, this is the canopy of the largest rainforest in the world.ha the problem ismore and more of it is being chopped down. it is hard to believ an area the size of a football pitch is being cleared every single minute. what that means is that forests that could cover 2000 pitches is vanishing every day. all the signs are that this rate of the devastation will accelerate. cattle of thbiggest single reason the trees are cleared. they are grazing on land

brazil's president, jair bolsonaro has launched a stinging attack on his own country's national space new data — deforestation has surged to record highs since mr bolsonaro took office. tiffany wertheimer reports. the amazon is the largest rain forest in the world. the huge trees store carbon dioxide, making it vital in the fight against global warming. preliminary satellite data by brazil's national space research institute found it more than 700 km2 of rain forest was lost in may this year. that's the equivalent of two football pitches every minute. and in the first two weeks ofjuly, 68% more rain forest was destroyed then in the whole ofjuly last year. but despite the science, president bolsonaro doesn't accept of the findings. translation: i'm convinced that the data are lies, and we will call the president of inpe here to about it. the right—wing leader is known for attacking environmental agencies. his policies favour development over conservation. so rainforests are being cleared at a faster rate to make space for cattle pastures. mr bolsonaro's government is lenient towards en

the new president of brazil, jair bolsonaro, was elected on a promise to exploit the amazon.ng too much of the forest is protected. his environment officials are deeply worried, but he has banned them from saying anything in public. you're trying to save the forest. so we have to meet this official in secret. his face hidden and voice changed, he says the government is trying to cover up the loss of the forest. and the scale of the deforestation he describes is staggering. up here, at the top of this 50 metre high observation tower, the view is just phenomenal, out over what looks like a great ocean of green. this is the canopy of the largest rainforest in the world. the problem is that more and more of it is being chopped down. it's hard to believe, but an area the size of a football pitch is being cleared every single minute. what that means is that forests that could cover more than 2,000 pitches is just vanishing every day, and all the signs are that this rate of devastation will accelerate. cattle are the biggest single reason the trees are cleared. they're grazing on la

more optimistic on those items but this is really a big project which paulo guedes and his boss jair bolsonarot's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. the us commerce secretary, wilbur ross, says his country plans to issue licenses to companies seeking to sell american—made goods to china's huawei where there is no threat to national security. huawei is on the us‘s so—called entity list over national security concerns. american parts and components cannot be sold to those on the list without special licenses. apple says it's started a programme in shanghai to help chinese developers create apps as part of its plan to build its services business in the country. more than 2.5 million developers for the firm's platforms are from china, one of its most critical overseas markets. technology giant ibm says it has completed its $34 billion acquisition of software maker red hat. the deal — which is one of biggest in us tech history — was originally announced in october last year. ibm says the acquisition of red hat will help it do more work in the cloud. the company lags behind am

now they say invaders are encouraged by the new president of brazil, jair bolsonaro. of the reserve,d be allowed to use it, that indigenous people have too much land. our research with satellite pictures of the region reveals over the past 20 years how quickly trees can be wiped out. so, this is the forest of the uru—eu—wau—wau. .. i show the people of the reserve the view from space of what they're experiencing on the ground. with all this farmland all around you, and you're about there, just in that middle corner. just in that little corner. with all these pressures, tensions are escalating. shots were fired at the sign marking the reserve. these farmers live just down the road, and like the president, they want access to the forest. so, two very different views of the future of this land — the farmers with their fields right beside the indigenous people in the forest. the fate of the children here is uncertain. they are learning traditional skills and they have rights under brazilian law, but they‘ re outnumbered and powerful forces are circling outside. david shukman, bbc news, i

brazil's president, jair bolsonaro, has launched a stinging attack on his own country's national spaceon in the amazon. according to new data, deforestation has surged to record highs since mr bolsonaro took office. tiffany wer—thurma reports. in the first two weeks ofjuly 68% of ra i nforest in the first two weeks ofjuly 68% of rainforest was destroyed than in the whole ofjuly last year. despite the whole ofjuly last year. despite the science, the president does not accept the findings. translation: i am convinced that the data is lies and we will call the president of the agency here to talk about it. the right—wing leader is known for attacking environmental agencies. his policies favour development over conservation, so rainforests are being cleared at a faster rate to make space for cattle pastures. his government is lenient towards environmental crimes like illegal logging and penalties have dropped under his leadership. the national space research institute is standing by the data, saying it is 95% accurate. in the same news conference jaya boulton arrow said this. translation:

now they say invaders are encouraged by the new president of brazil, jair bolsonaro.dge of the reserve, and the president says they should be allowed to use it, that indigenous people have too much land. our research with satellite pictures of the region reveals, over the past 20 years, how quickly trees can be wiped out. so, this is the forest of the uru—eu—wau—wau. .. i show the people of the reserve the view from space of what they're experiencing on the ground. with all this farmland all around you, and you're about there, just in that little corner. with all these pressures, tensions are escalating. shots were fired at the sign marking the reserve. these farmers live just down the road, and like the president, they want access to the forest. so, two very different views of the future of this land — the farmers with their fields right beside the indigenous people in the forest. the fate of the children here is uncertain. they are learning traditional skills and they have rights under brazilian law, but they're outnumbered and powerful forces are circling outside.

the new president of brazil, jair bolsonaro, was elected on a promise to exploit the amazon.ying too much of the forest is protected. his environment officials are deeply worried, but he has banned them from saying anything in public. you're trying to save the forest. so we have to meet this official in secret. his face hidden and voice changed, he says the government is trying to cover up the loss of the forest. and the scale of the deforestation he describes is staggering. up here, at the top of this 50 metre high observation tower, the view is just phenomenal, out over what looks like a great ocean of green. this is the canopy of the largest rainforest in the world. the problem is that more and more of it is being chopped down. it's hard to believe, but an area the size of a football pitch is being cleared every single minute. what that means is that forests that could cover more than 2,000 pitches is just vanishing every day, and all the signs are that this rate of devastation will accelerate. cattle are the biggest single reason the trees are cleared. they're grazing on

the new president of brazil, jair bolsonaro, was elected on a promise to exploit the amazon. too much of the forest is protected. his environment officials are deeply worried, but he has banned them from saying anything in public. you're trying to save the forest. so we have to meet this official in secret. his face hidden and voice changed, he says the government is trying to cover up the loss of the forest. and the scale of the deforestation he describes is staggering. up here, at the top of this 50 metre high observation tower, the view is just phenomenal, out over what looks like a great ocean of green. this is the canopy of the largest rainforest in the world. the problem is that more and more of it is being chopped down. it's hard to believe, but an area the size of a football pitch is being cleared every single minute. what that means is that forests that could cover more than 2,000 pitches is just vanishing every day, and all the signs are that this rate of devastation will accelerate. cattle are the biggest single reason the trees are cleared. they're grazing on land

brazil's far-right president jair bolsonaro threatened journalist glenn greenwald with possible imprisonment saturday following recent reporting by greenwald's news websitete the intercept implicating justice minister sergio moro in a possible plot to smear and convict former brazilian president luiz inacio lula da silva. speakingng to a reporter, bolsonaro said greenwald could not be deported because he was married to a brazilian but that he might be imprisoned instead. journalists and press freedom activists blasted bolsonaro's threats and greenwald responded via twitter -- "conontrary to w what the preset says, he is not yet a dictator. he doesn't have the power to order people to stop. to detain someone, you need to present evidence t to a court showing that a crime was committed. that evidence does not exist." to see our interview with the pulitztzer prize winning glenn greenwald on the intercept's expose of sergio moro and the "operation car wash" scandal, go to democracynow.org. in more news from brazil, government data shows that -- the assault came as new government data shows that

now, they say, invaders are encouraged by the new president of brazil, jair bolsonaro.erve and the president says they should be allowed to use it, that indigenous people have too much land. our research with satellite pictures of the region reveals over the past 20 years how quickly trees can be wiped out. so this is the forest of the uru—eu—wau—wau. i show the people of the reserve the view from space, of what they are experiencing on the ground. with all this farmland all around you, and you are about there, just in that little corner. with all these pressures, tensions are escalating. shots were fired at the sign marking the reserve. these farmers live just down the road and like the president, they want access to the forest. so, two very different views of the future of this land. the farmers with their fields, right beside the indigenous people in the forest. the fate of the children here is uncertain. they are learning traditional skills and they have rights under brazilian law, but they are outnumbered and powerful forces are circling outside. david shukman, bbc

the election of jair bolsonaro in brazil put in power the most extreme, most outrageous of the right-wing ultrananationalisis who are now plaguing the hemisphere. yesterdaday, lenin morenoo of ecuador t took a strong step towawards joinining the e far-right alliance by expelliling julian asassane from the embassy. he's picked up quickly by the u.s., will face a very dangerous future unless there's a significant popular protest. mexico is one of the rare exceptions in latin america to these developments. this has happened -- in western europe, the right-wing parties are growing, some of them very frightening in character. there is a counter-development. yanis varoufakis, the former finance minister of greece, a very significant, important individual, along with bernie sanders, have urgeded the formation of the progressive international to counter the right-wing international that's developing. at the level of states, the balance e looks overerwhelmy inin the wrongng direction. but states aren't the only entities. at thehe level of people, it's quite didifferent. and that could make the dif

but brazil's government, ledriy fat president jair bolsonaro, has so far kept its border open to venezuelan migrants the president's son, congressman eduardo bolsonaro, often serves as a foreign envoy for his father, who is now considering nominating him to be brazil's next ambassador tohe united states. we spoke in brazil's capital of brasilia. can you commit right now that n azil is going to continue to welcome in venezuefugees as long as they're fleeing?r >> by w in brazil here, we have to accept all the refugees. because theydon't have an option. if they keep in venezuela, they are going to die. we know that the best solution, it is take off maduro from the power in venezuela. >> nawaz: what is brazil prepared to do to try to get him to?eave, to force that chan >> we're trying to change, to do a twist with the militaries insidef venezuela. >> nawaz: is brazil prepared to use military force if necessary, if maduro doesn't leave? il if venezuela attacks br it changes, because we need to defend ourselves. but, in this first moment, we are not thinking to ustherc the military of brazilian f

now they say invaders are encouraged by the new president of brazil, jair bolsonaro.the weather with susan powell. a lot of fine weather to come in the uk across the next few days. some find cloud building in from an extensive chance of high pressure. thursday was some sniffing at rainfall across northern skill and but generally a dry picture. through this evening and overnight we stay fine. we will see a lot of clout from the day dissolving and then turning quite chilly in a rural wales, across the hills of northern england and in southern scotland by first thing wednesday and loathes down to three or 4 degrees. some patchy mist and fog possible first thing across east anglia. wednesday, sunshine from the get—go and we will see some thicker cloud pushing into northern scotland through the day and that is a weak warm front bringing some more persistent but perhaps not especially heavy rain into the western isles and the highlands. heavy rain to come here on thursday. hello, i'm ros atkins, this is 0utside source. eu leaders have chosen the german defence minister ursu

. >> today, a discussion on the first six months of brazilian president jair bolsonaro's term in office. you can see it live at 10:00 a.m. eastern, online at c-span.org, or listen free on the c-span radio app. >> former special counsel robert mueller at the house and senate judiciary committees on wednesday, july 19 to testify in open session about his report into russian interference in the 2016 election. watch live coverage on c-span3 come online c-span.org, or listen on the free c-span radio app. >> saturday, democratic presidential candidates senator elizabeth warren of massachusetts, senator amy klobuchar of minnesota,