broadcaster until ten years ago when dilma rousseff predecessor the our forementioned lula da silva was president he created e.v.c. over the objections of private media owners having got it start decades after its competitors a.b.c. has a lot of catching up to do its ratings are microscopic less than a one percent share when it was launched conservatives called the b.c. . they can't even do that anymore last year president to mayor appointed one of his political allies to run the channel one organization the change the ownership formula on the private side of the t.v. network called. its owner is a billionaire a deer in the sado who doubles as a church bishop he is the founder of the universal church of the kingdom of god one of brazil's biggest evangelical churches and one of the fastest growing churches of its kind anywhere in the world business resumes for. mission of televangelism the use of t.v. channels by religious figures to reach new audiences got its start in the one nine hundred ninety s. various churches like macedo rented airtime on conventional channels like a quarter g. t

brazil's former president lula da silva is being questioned again by the country's top judge. is the front runner in next year's brazilian election he's facing multiple charges for allegedly accepting bribes the same judge sentenced him to more than nine years in jail in july for corruption those are the headlines the news continues here al-jazeera after witness thank you so much about. facing the realities the air space that they have not does not belong to them it belongs to the international community getting to the heart of the matter they can understand the chinese leadership because he is an enemy of the state here the story on talk to how to say. at this time.

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at implementing lasting cease fires and so-called deescalation zones brazil's former president lula da silva is being questioned again by the country's top to corruption judge lula who is the front runner in next year's brazilian election is facing multiple charges for allegedly accepting bribes the same judge sentenced him to more than nine years in jail in july for corruption. headed to the feet i don't accept anyone saying that i'm trying to block justice because if i would not believe in justice i would not be in politics and a fire at a religious school in malaysia's capital has killed more than twenty people including students. the fire brigade says the bodies have now been taken to a nearby hospital in the capital kuala lumpur where those that weather headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after in search of putin's russia a statement that some watching by foot. i'm on training cross a russian filmmaker and journalist for the past year i've been traveling my country trying to understand. once more the russian economy is in crisis sanctions unstable oil prices a fluctuating cu

brazil's top prosecutor said luis inacio lula da silva and dilma rousseff along with fellow workers partyad committed a series of crimes — the latest accusations in brazil's sprawling corruption scandal. the ex—presidents deny the accusations. the charges against them point to almost half a billion dollars in bribery from public bodies via the criminal front allegedly set up by the ex—presidents. the lead prosecutor earlier this year told cbs that the overall corruption scandal was "bigger than watergate". he said that so far more than "200 people had already been charged with hundreds of crimes" and the total amount of money paid in bribes, as far as they can tell so far, is "up to two billion dollars". camilla costa is in sao paulo. tell us what dilma and lula barbecue stuff, exactly. the former presidents have been accused with racketeering, plotting to scheme funds from brazil's oil company and they have been accused along with six other members, former ministers and senators from the workers party, of committing a series of crimes using a number of public entities, including petrobra

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al-jazeera london brazil's former president lula da silva is being questioned again by the country's top anti corruption judge as the frontrunner in next year's brazilian election is facing multiple charges for allegedly accepting bribes the same judge sentenced him to more the nine years in jail in july for receiving bribes. the u.s. government has ordered its departments and agencies to remove russian made. products from their information systems the department of homeland security says it's concerned the cyber security company has ties to state sponsored cyber espionage activities in russia especially as deny the allegations saying it's got no ties to the kremlin and it's not involved in cyber espionage it's not one hundred days in saudi arabia egypt the u.a.e. and bahrain imposed a blockade on. the gulf nation of spreading instability and supporting terrorism claims qatar strongly denies faking news stories and also broadcast on a regular basis by networks based out of saudi arabia and the u.a.e. in particular is richard gere's book the host of al-jazeera is listening post with m

brazil's former president lula da silva is being questioned again by the country's top and to corruption judge who is the front runner in next year's election is facing multiple charges of taking bribes the same judge sentenced him to more than nine years in jail in july for corruption. or so yeah kind of the features i don't accept anyone saying that i'm trying to block justice because if i would not believe in justice i would not be in politics the u.s. government has ordered its departments to remove russian made caspar products from the information systems the department of homeland security says it's worried the cyber security company has ties to state sponsored espionage activities in russia cast perske denies the allegation. for the first time a robot has conducted a world class orchestra. the swiss design you mean led to look. for the opening of the first international festival of robotics you me even managed to upstaged the legendary tana. in the italian city of pisa but the orchestra's regular conductor isn't too concerned. we basically had to find time to understand he's movem

politicians and businessmen are either imprisoned or being investigated on wednesday former president lula da silva had to appear in court he's already been accused and sentenced in one case to nine years in prison and he's currently appealing saying that he's a victim of political persecution because he's a key candidate for elections next year let's turn now to that developing story out of north korea because we're hearing that north korea has fired a missile an unidentified missile from pyongyang towards the east this is according to the south korean military let's speak to our correspondent andrew thomas he's on the phone line now from the south korean capital seoul this just happen in the last half hour or so what do you know. well little at the moment spitz about just over. an hour ago i called it up a few minutes ago now the scepter military saying a missile was fired at the site from the camp to pyongyang towards the east we don't know yet what type of missile this was we don't know how far it flew there are some reports on social media and in the japanese media that the missiles flew again

politicians and businessmen are either imprisoned or being investigated on wednesday former president lula da silva had to appear in court he's already been accused and sentenced in one case to nine years in prison and he's currently appealing saying that he's a victim of political persecution because he's a key candidate for elections next year. much more news of course website the latest on north korea's latest rocket launch they fired another missile over japan there it is on the screen the address al jazeera dot com al-jazeera. recap of the top stories here this hour north korea has fired another ballistic missile over japan and it was launched from soon and district in the capital city of yangon well it's the second time north korea has fought a missile over japan in less than a month the country's chief cabinet secretary. confirmed the missile passed over the northern island of hokkaido and u.s. sect of state rex tillerson has issued a statement calling on all nations to take new measures against north korea he said china and russia must indicate their intolerance for these reckless launches

cause of this which is we do not have operational control of our borders brazil former president lula da silva is being questioned again by the country's top anti corruption judge who is the frontrunner in next year's brazilian election he's facing multiple charges for allegedly accepting bribes the same judge sentenced him to more than nine years in jail in july receiving bright. i don't accept anyone saying that i'm trying to block justice because if i would not believe in justice i would not be in politics. i sort of side bomber has blown himself up in the afghan capital killing at least three people it happened outside the kabul international cricket stadium as a tournament was underway two police officers and one civilian died in the attack the country's cricket board says all players a safe. now spain's public prosecutor has ordered a criminal investigation into more than seven hundred mayors are backing an independence referendum in catalonia he's ordered the police to arrest them if they didn't turn up for questioning catalonians government insists the poll will go ahead in october the

politicians and businessmen are either in prison or being investigated on wednesday former president lula da silva had to appear in court he's already been accused and sentenced in one case to nine years in prison and he's currently appealing saying that he's a victim of political persecution because he's a key candidate for elections next year three female form of google employees a fall the lawsuit accusing the tech giant of discriminating against women in pay and promotions they say the company pays women less than men who perform similar work. the class action comes as google faces a gender bias investigation by the u.s. department of labor. now there's been confusion over reports u.s. president donald trump has struck a deal to protect undocumented young immigrants known as dreamers a white house correspondent can really help get us more from washington d.c. . confusion at the white house again what started out as president trump's attempt to make a bipartisan deal with congressional democrats has devolved into finger pointing about who said what to whom hoping to bridge the ideological gap w

brazil's former president luiz inacio lula da silva is being questioned again by the country's top anti corruption judge miller who's the front runner in next year's brazilian election is facing multiple charges for allegedly accepting bribes same judge sentenced him to more than nine years in jail in july for receiving bribes. the cities of paris and los angeles have been formally confirmed as hosts of the olympic games paris in twenty twenty four and l.a. four years later i.o.c. president thomas bass made a lance went at olympic meeting in peru paris and l.a. were unopposed in their bids as all the other contenders for both years dropped out only to cost concerns it'll be the third time both cities have hosted the games equalling the record held by london. around over the safety of driverless cars is once again under the spotlight after the trumpet ministration effectively gave the green light for further development congress wants to get more of the vehicles on the roads quickly but a federal safety agency is warning that war regulation is needed before that can happen dynasty as mor

sorry are jazeera adamawa state in north nigeria brazil's former president who is in the us your lula da silva is being questioned again by the country's top anti corruption judge who is the front runner in next year's brazilian election is facing multiple charges for allegedly accepting bribes the same judge sentenced him to more than nine years in jail in july for receiving bribes. west of the southern philippines city of merari is deserted as the army continues its battle against an arsenal linked group the city is pummeled by airstrikes as well as ground battles from their terminal and again takes a look at the economic impact of the conflict. doesn't allow we would says these are the worst times has been the wood carver all his life pieces like this one take at least six months to make in the past he was easily able to sell his carvings not anymore. my children don't know how to make these and there are very few of us who can do it. and nobody buys them the city of moore are we less than an hour by road from here remains under siege the philippine army continues to battle it out against t

brazil's former president lula da silva is being questioned again by the country's top anti-corruption judge. front runner in next year's brazilian election is facing multiple charges for allegedly accepting bribes the same judge sentenced him to more than nine years in prison in july for corruption. oh so you're not going to do that. i don't accept anyone saying that i'm trying to block justice because if i would not believe in justice i would not be in politics several mayors in spain are remaining defiant as they face threats of a rest over their bid for catalonia independence more than seven hundred mayors continue to back the referendum which the central government says is illegal palace reports. catalonia is mir's a standing firm against threats that they'll be arrested by spain's top prosecutor because of the a bid for independence. i got when i did that but i have nothing to hide when we have to go to declare we will say the same thing we have always said that we owe it to our people and therefore we will continue working so they can express themselves freely in the polls that

political support but denies any wrongdoing because it was president show tamar and former president lula da silva also being investigated in separate corruption cases. the venezuelan opposition says there'll be no new talks to resolve the country's political and economic turmoil unless the government meets its demands the dominican republic is currently trying to mediate between both sides but the opposition wants guarantees for a presidential election next year and the delivery of humanitarian aid meanwhile controversy surrounds the madeira government's new plan to relieve food shortages as delivered rabbits to some of the country's poorest saying too many people kicked kept the rabbits as pets instead of eating and fitness the our position has labeled a joke. that our spending twenty years exploring saturn and its moons the cassini space mission is coming to an end nasa is preparing to destroy the spacecraft by sending it plunging into saturn's atmosphere when a smith looks at what its achieved over the years free to. see the spacecraft what it took to see me seven years flying through space to

brazil's former president lula da silva is being questioned again by the country's top anti corruption jobs who's the front runner in next year's election is facing multiple charges of taking bribes the same judge sentenced him to more than nine years in prison in july for corruption. it with the news out of zero just out of the program and sport abana about racism disrupts a major league baseball game in the united states santa will be here with all that he's. hello again time have a sport here thank you very much adrian why international olympic committee president thomas back has described it as a win win and capitalism at paris and los angeles were confirmed as host of the twenty twenty four and twenty twenty eight a summer olympic games it follows a deal struck earlier this year term i like has. a decision everybody knew about has finally been confirmed the capital of france paris to host the twenty twenty four olympics while los angeles in the united states with staged event four years later it's a deal that suits all parties particularly the i.o.c. who have struggled to track bi

political support but denies any wrongdoing president michelle turner and former president and lula da silva are also being investigated in separate corruption cases. still ahead in sports the elements get the best out of the final women's golf major of the season details in the sport. thank. you. thank. you. thank you. new york fashion week has wrapped up with the usual glitz and glamour that makes it one of the world's premier industry events but that status could be threatened by the city's plan to relocate its iconic garment district that i was on to reports from new york. it's one of the most anticipated events in the apparel industry new york fashion week designers from around the world revealed their clothing lines for the next season the week long event generates more than nine hundred million dollars for the city. but this year there are concerns about the future of where all the high end fashion clothes are made city officials are trying to relocate the famous garment district out of manhattan and convert the prime real estate that is now manufacturing space into housing and office