we're hearing that thousands of. supporters of the former president of brazil, jair bolsonaro, smashed way... . have stormed... ..the country's national congress, stormed by shutting down the government compound, the government buildings. sunday, january 8th, 2023. around the world, people are waking up to the extraordinary events taking place in brasilia. demonstrators are refusing to accept that he lost last year's election and want the military to intervene. leaders from around the world condemn the storming of brazil's congress by supporters of jair bolsonaro. the events of january 8th, 2023, were born of both the global right—wing populist movement and years of transformation in brazilian politics and society. a decade before, massive and unprecedented street protests against a long list of grievances from corruption scandals involving the incumbent workers�* party to the quality of public transportation had up in the country. since then, brazil has faced increasing polarization exacerbated by the impeachment of a left—wing president in 2016 and the rise of a religious conservativ

8th insurrection is long, but its moment of inception was october 30th 2022, the day president jair bolsonaroe race for re—election and a series of fake news posts emerged, alleging the victory of luis inacio lula da silva was a fraud. the posts, which called on bolsonaro to invoke article 142 of the constitution to reverse the results, brought thousands of people to the streets. more than a0 hours after the superior electoral court confirms the result, bolsonaro makes his first pronouncement. he does not acknowledge defeat. by this time, his supporters had already blocked highways across the country. bolsonaro's ambiguous speech, which both condemned the road closures and justified the movements as the fruit of indignation and feeling of injustice, is interpreted by many supporters as an endorsement of their actions. they quickly established a large makeshift camp outside brazil's army headquarters, even after 72 hours passed without incident this fake news explaining the president's silence continues to trend on social media and circulate among message groups. all the while, camps in front

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former brazilian president jair bolsonaro has been banned from running for public office until the year the serb electoral court found mr. bolsonaro killed -- lt of abuse of power. he claimed the electronic ballots used in the country were vulnerable to hacking and fraud. >> the case against bolsonaro was brought to the court by one of the rival parties. it was built around a meeting he held with foreign -- letters last july before the elections. state television, he cast doubt on the brazil's electronic voting system without showing evidence. five of the seven judges rejected the defense arguments that bolsonaro was exercising his free-speech, and held the meeting in an effort to discuss what -- with diplomats how to improve the system. 's conviction means he is banned from running for office for eight years. that he says he will appeal. the big question is, what happens next? pundits say even if he is enabled to run, he could still be a key political figure. whoever he endorses will have a big leg up in the race. and to the surprise of many, he recently said in an interview that if hi

we're hearing that thousands of supporters of the former president of brazil, jair bolsonaro, smashedy 8th, 2023. around the world, people are waking up to the extraordinary events taking place in brasilia. demonstrators are refusing to accept that he lost last year's election... ..and want the military to intervene. leaders from around the world condemn the storming -

in brazil, former president jair bolsonaro has been banned from running for public office until 2030. of power. he'd been accused of undermining brazilian democracy by falsely claiming that the electronic ballots used in the country were vulnerable to hacking and fraud. 0ur brazil correspondent camilla mota has the latest. the case against bolsonaro was brought to the court by one of his rival parties and it was built around a meeting he held with foreign ambassadors last july, with foreign ambassadors last july, before the elections, and an event broadcast on state television he cast doubt on brazil's electronic voting system without showing evidence to back the fraud claims. five of the seven judges rejected the defence argument that bolsonaro was exercising his free speech and held the meeting in an effort to discuss with diplomats how to improve the electoral system. his conviction means he is banned from running for office for eight years but he says he is going to appeal. the big question now is what happens next? pundits say that even if he is able to run, he could still be a k

fulfils an election promise to check the surge in gun ownership promoted by his predecessor, jair bolsonaromillimetre handguns, will be prohibited. a rare somali wild ass has been born in a zoo in chile. the species is endangered with less than 200 left a rare somali wild ass has been born in a zoo in chile. the species is endangered with less than 200 left in the wild in its native east africa. they have striped legs similar to those of a zebra. the foal, which has been named julieta, is the fourth to be born in the south american country. to the us — president biden has chosen a female admiral to lead the navy, the first time a woman has been nominated to head one of the us military branches. lisa franchetti is a former head of the us 6th fleet and us naval forces in south korea, and has also served as an aircraft carrier strike commander. our washington correspondent david willis says her nomination by mr biden must still be confirmed by the us senate. the woman has risen expect no woman has risen this time the ranks of the us military. lisa franchetti, a 38— year military veteran, would

an election promise to check the boom in gun ownership that was promoted by his predecessor, jair bolsonaro monday, children aged ten and eleven will be able to use passport e—gates at the uk border. currently, 12 is the minimum age for using e—gates. the change follows successful trials at airports in london. stay with us here on bbc news hello. if you have got out their plans this weekend you might need to have a quick rethink because the weather is not playing ball. quite a lot of rain around today and it will be quite windy and feeling quite cool for the latter stages ofjuly. cool for the latter stages of july. all cool for the latter stages ofjuly. all because of this area of low pressure drifting from the atlantic and sandwiched between these weather fronts, quite a lot of cloud and outbreaks of rain and drizzle at times. this has been the story so far, cloudy start for many by the far, cloudy start for many by the far north and east of scotland. a pulse of rain easing and another heavier pulse pushing into the north—west, that sets up the rest of the day to day. there will be outbrea

amy: in brazil, former far-right president jair bolsonaro has been banned from running for public office until 2030. brazil's electoral court found bolsonaro guilty of abuse of power and fueling disinformation in last year's presidential election, which he lost to luiz inÁcio lula da silva. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman in new york, joined by democracy now!'s juan gonzÁlez in chicago. hi, juan. juan: hi, amy. welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. amy: palestinians in the jenin refugee camp are emerging to -- facing widespread destruction after israel withdrew troops today following what some are calling the largest military operation in the occupied west bank in 20 years. the jenin refugee camp is home to around 11,000 people. israel attacked what it said were militants in the camp with drone-fired missiles and ground troops. palestinian health officials say the massive two-day military sault kill 12 palestians and injured at least 140 more. the h

i'm talking tonight about brazil's former president, jair bolsonaro.rt formed a majority to block their former leader from running for office again until 2030. the tactics used between the brazilian leader and former president trump were very similar, including their shared claim of election fraud due to rigged voting machines when they both decidedly lost their elections. >>> also today on a friday afternoon before a holiday weekend, with little notice, the state department dropped its long-awaited report on america's withdrawal from afghanistan in the summer of 2021. the damning review lays the blame at both the feet of former president trump and president biden, claiming that both administrations are at fault for the chaotic drawdown. the report found, i'm quoting now, there was insufficient senior-level consideration of worst-case scenarios and how quickly those might follow. the white house's frenzied withdrawal garnered intense scrutiny from the right, while democrats, including some inside the white house, have pointed the finger at former presi