luiz inacio lula da silva becoming brazil's first working—class president.e former metalworker. he came from humble beginnings, born into a poor family he came from humble beginnings, born into a poorfamily in he came from humble beginnings, born into a poor family in the north—east brazil. he didn't learn to read until he was ten. at 1a he got his firstjob in the factories of sao paulo, it was as a metal worker that he started to dabble in politics, it eventually leading to metal workers union. throughout the 70s and 80s, he organised major strikes, defying pressure from brazil's military rulers at the time. translation: we all know why we are on strike. the government doesn't know and the businessmen do not care. the working class have never got anything in this world without perseverance and without the will to fight until the end of. from there, the workers party was born. he was to run for president unsuccessfully three times before eventually being elected in 2002. committed to prioritise in the poon 2002. committed to prioritise in the poor, he led br

to see our full interview with the former president luiz inacio lula da silva, go to democracy now.org. in spain, up to a million people took to the streets of barcelona tuesday, to celebrate catalonia's "national day" and to demand catalonia's independence from spain. last october, the spanish government seized control of catalonia after its leaders held a banned independence referendum. in the horn of africa, ethiopia and eritrea have reopened the border after 20 years, following the two countries' signing of a historic peace deal in july to . hundreds of people have gathered at the two reopened border .rossings this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we are broadcasting from san francisco, the site of this week's global climate action summit. we begin today's show behind the scenes of california's raging climate-fueled wildfires, with the hidden men and women on the frontlines of the state's ever-growing fire season -- prisoner firefighters. of the 13,000 firefighters battling blazes s across california, , more than 2500 are incarceratede

matheson al jazeera background noise for brazil's jailed former president luiz inacio lula da silva says he'll keep fighting to run in next month's presidential election you know is banned from running due to a corruption conviction and the supreme court has rejected his latest appeal it had been thought that numerous handpicked successor a fair man who had died would vying for the presidency as the workers' party candidate a latin america editor lucien newman has this update from brazil outside the workers' party headquarters behind me is the federal police facility where a former president. is being held where he is serving his twelve year prison sentence he's been here since april and he's been meeting since early this morning with his vice presidential candidate said nanda had that it was speculated that they would use this opportunity to announce that lula was going to hand over his candidacy to his vice presidential candidate sometime today but that is not so clear anymore it seems that the top brass of the workers' party will be meeting on tuesday to make that formal announcement

also making news today: the party of brazil's former president luiz inacio lula da silva has decideddrop him as its candidate in next month's elections. fernando haddad, a former sao paolo mayor, is expected to stand in his place. lula has been the frontrunner in the polls for months, despite currently serving a 12—year jail sentence for taking bribes. the former malaysian prime minister najib razak has released a letter that he says will clear his name regarding a $100 million donation he received from a saudi ruler. mr razak has been charged with theft after millions of dollars earmarked for a state investment fund were found in his personal bank account. he has denied the charges. the wife of pakistan's ousted former prime minister nawaz sharif has died of cancer in london, while her husband and daughter were in prison. kulsoom nawaz was 68. she was elected as an mp ilast year after standing in for her husband. nawaz sharif and his daughter maryam were jailed for corruption. a court in bangladesh has once again denied bail to an internationally acclaimed photographer arrested last

brazil's top electoral court has ruled thatjailed former president luiz inacio lula da silva cannot run year's presidential election due to a corruption conviction. the 72—year—old is currently serving a 12—year sentence for the conviction but his workers party registered him as a candidate for the october vote anyway, claiming he is innocent. in the other major farewell today, senatorjohn mccain's body was taken back to the us capitol a leader of russian—backed separatists in eastern ukraine, alexander zakharchenko, has been killed in an explosion in donetsk city. russia's foreign ministry said it suspected ukraine of organising the killing. but the ukrainian government has denied any involvement. the un says there's the risk of a humanitarian catastrophe if the syrian regime doesn't halt its plans to retake the last major rebel stronghold of idlib. almost three million people live there. many of them are rebel fighters and opposition members who were brought to idlib after the army regained control of other opposition areas across the country. in the other major farewell today, senato

lawyers brazil's jailed former president luiz inacio lula da silva says he is still fighting to run in next month's presidential election is topping opinion polls but is banned from standing to to a corruption conviction the supreme court has rejected his latest appeal spend monday meeting with them and he is expected to be the workers' party candidates if . one million people in the u.s. have been ordered to evacuate as a powerful storm approaches the country's east coast hurricane florence expected to make landfall on thursday in north or south carolina already a category four storm is predicted to strengthen further in the coming days u.s. national hurricane center is warning of one hundred ninety kilometer per hour winds flooding and coastal surges those are your headlines i'll be back with more news after we return to al-jazeera. thanks. hank. sheinkopf. thank. you. what changed for me very dramatically and how i see israel is without the star and occupation the conflict was me being there me being there as a soldier me being a part of you know of the depression of palestinian me

the stabbing came as jailed former president luiz inacio lula da silva appears poised to give up his presidential campaign after a supreme court judge thursday rejected his latest appeal, saying lula can not run from prison. is differentla from candidate for the october presidential elections. on york's attorney general thursday subpoenaed all eight of the state's catholic dioceses, as part of a massive civil investigation into whether the church covered up the abuse of children by prieststs. the probe comes just weeks a afr a grand jury in pennsylvania repoported more than 300 catathc prpriests sexually abused 1000 children, and possibly thousands more, over seven decades and that church leadership covered it up. twitter said thursday it has permanently suspended far-right conspiracy theorist alex jones and his infowars program. the decision came after twitter came under fire for not following other sites run by apple, google, facebook, youtube and spotify -- all of which banned jones last month for "glorifying violence" and "using dehumanizing language to describe people who are tr

land the land will be used to expand israeli settlements brazil's jailed former president luiz inacio lula da silva has been replaced as the workers' party candidate in next month's presidential election the former mayor of san paolo often and her dad will now represent the party on the ballot was barred from contesting because of a corruption conviction a latin america editor lucien newman has more from could achieve when lula's in prison. the emotional announcement was made in front of the detention center where lula da silva is serving out his twelve year prison sentence for corruption it came in the form of a letter that lula had given to a member of his political party the workers' party addressed to the people of brazil in it he repeated that he was in a sense that he was a victim of the travesty of justice and that he would continue to fight for his freedom but that right now there was no other option than to name his until now a running mate for the had that as the presidential candidate of the workers' party he called on the brazilian people to support him in his name he said that from now

formerdent luiz inacio lula da silva is in prison, dilma rousseff was impeached, current president michel temer stands accused not only of corruption but also failing to fix core issues. >> the country got itself intoth an illusio it did not need to address its fundamental, basic problems of economic management, of fiscal management, to confront those issues. >> schifrin: and the museum failed to address its own deficiencies. iaccording to local repor had no sprinklers, fire doors, or smoke detectors. the government must do more, said museum director alexander kellner. >> ( translated s necessary for all the authorities that have the resources, specifically the federal government, help the national museum put its history back together. we've already lost part of our collecti l. brazil cane its history. >> schifrin: but todayzihat is what bfelt it had lost. a brazilian mother posted photos of her sonthrilled and in awe during his last visit to the museum. today that museum is.argely gutted it's a reminder, as the british library put it today, how our shared, global heritage is precious, an

brazil's jailed former president, luiz inacio lula da silva, has abandoned his prison—cell campaign to's election. lula ruled as president for two terms and was one of the most popular leaders in modern brazilian history, but earlier this year he began a 12—yearjail term for money laundering and corruption. this presidential election has been dogged by controversy. i'm sure you saw these pictures from last week. far—right candidate jair bolsonaro was stabbed during a campaign rally. he is recovering in hospital. camilla costa is from bbc news in brasil. can you tell us about the man who will be taking over instead of lula fustian marred definitely from lula who was a union leader and has a more popular background, fernando haddad is an academic, a lawyer, and has a more upper—class stand really in the workers party. many say this could be a challenge as well because many people in some of lula as micro biggest strongholds like in the north—east of brazil and centre west of brazil don't really know him. fernando haddad has only participated in elections twice so he's not that well known

predicament a film that you can watch on al-jazeera dot com brazil's jailed former president luiz inacio lula da silva could be on the verge of giving up on his bid to return to office the law is banned from running due to a corruption conviction and of the supreme court has rejected his latest appeal and this looks set to pave the way for his hand-picked successor died to vie for the presidency the workers' party has until the end of tuesday to register her dad as their candidate as we talk about america editor lucy and human who joins us now live from in brazil so what's the latest on this are we really expecting lula to throw in the towel. hello fairly well i am standing right outside the federal police facility where lula is basically imprisoned he has been here since april and since early this morning he has been meeting with fernando had dad his vice presidential candidate who just about a second ago came out he's taking a lunch break but we've been told by the workers party press people that he will be coming back they'll continue to be meeting what we understand is that they're trying that the