to brazil now where former president louis ignacio lula da silva has spent his first night of twelve years behind bars it ends would have been a dramatic standoff after lula defied a judge's order to surrender to police lou supporters say his conviction for corruption is a ploy to remove him from the presidential race he's leading once called the most popular politician on earth by former u.s. president barack obama who has stunning downfall has gripped brazil. was his last sikkens as a free man a mob of supporters and media surrounded lula as he hands himself over to police and he is behind bars for corruption these chaotic scenes ending days of drama had ignored an order to surrender by friday afternoon holed up inside a middle worker's union nias cell paulo he was effectively blocked from leaving by thousands of his supporters after the standoff with all thought arties threaten to drag on eventually relented was. if it depended on my will i would not go but i will go i will go because if not tomorrow they will sign that lula is a fugitive that i'm hiding no i'm not hiding i will g

people have gathered in rio de janeiro and other cities in brazil to call for former leader louis ignacio lula da silva to be put behind bars facing a twelve year prison sentence for alleged corruption the demonstrations come on the eve of a supreme court hearing to appeal the charges. now on this day fifty years ago u.s. civil rights leader dr martin luther king was gunned down by a white supremacist in memphis tennessee today his death will be observed with special events around the country king is best remembered for his famous march on washington and his iconic i have a dream speech in one nine hundred sixty three the event propelled the civil rights movement forward the following dear the u.s. congress passed the civil rights act which outlawed discrimination. and we can talk to do that was alexander phenomena she is in memphis tennessee hi alexandra fifty years since martin luther king was shot down in the town that you're in right now this is a big day for memphis what's been going on what's the atmosphere like today. this is a very emotional day for many civil rights leaders so this sigil that

to some of the other stories making news around the world and in brazil former president louis ignacio lula da silva has surrendered to police to begin a twelve year sentence for corruption who had previously ignored in order to surrender by friday afternoon he claims the charges are a politically motivated attempt to derail his run for president in october. in new york one person has died and four firefighters were injured in a blaze on the fiftieth floor of trump tower officials said the fire in the u.s. president's signature building was quickly put out and the victim was a male resident of the building who died after being brought to the hospital. at least fifteen people were killed and fourteen others injured when a semi trailer slammed into a bus carrying a youth hockey team in western canada the humble broncos were on a route to a playoff game in the province of saskatchewan when the crash took place police are investigating the cause of the accident. elections are underway in hungary where nationalist prime minister viktor orban is widely expected to win a third consecutive term polls predic