everybody was expecting the second run between maria silva, and the president. and maria lost ground and power. she was not able to respond to the negative ads for the president. she was not able to sell herself capable recollects and fighting and back, and exploited the opportunity and will grasp a lot of marina's voters, and become an incredible candidate in the second round. >> in hong kong a small number of demonstrators are on the streets after a deadline passed. crowds have dwindled, allowing civil servants to return to work. protesters are angry at plans to vet candidate. they are demanding beijing should be allowed to hold free elections. drown rur is in hong kong. ordinarily the site of civil servants going to work would not cause interest. in hong kong it did. it was a significant moment, a turning point in the crisis. the chief executive cy leung who refuses to resign said unless civil servants were able to return to their desks, police may take unspecified action against the protesters. the numbers dwindle, but the blockades and barricades are in forc

as well as maria silva's voters. nearly 23 million voted for her, we'll see where her vote goes - that could be a deciding factor in the election. brazilians will go to the polls on october 26th to vote, and see who they think is best to be the president for the next four years. the run-off a few weeks away. >> african union backed somali forces entered one of al-shabab's last strongholds in the last of the country. there has been no major fire-fights. the troops have taken over the radio passions. most members have left the area. >> well at one time al-shabab controlled many towns and cities. it's been on the retreat in recent years. they were forced out of mohling in 2011. the next major plough was the loss of the port of kiss myo. al-shabab used to get a cut of the lucrative charcoal trade. they refreed from the town of bidoa after an assaultly i don't think and somalia troops. the main road links to mogadishu. al-shabab controls most of rural somalia, and transport routes. richard bytes is with the hudson institu

the candidacy of maria silva has declined quite dramatically to 22-23%. and aecio neves increased his fortunes to 24 to 26. given that these polls were issued yesterday, this is the latest, and i think it will win easily. the question is whether she'll win the first round or in the second. and the media speculates she may win the first. >> you are talking about maria silva, and dilma rousseff. what are they campaigning on, the issues that both are selling to voters? >> the political agenda in the country is dominated by the discontent that exists in the country as a whole, from the middle class and lower classes, regarding the public services, and it send the government a clear message. the government is taking several steps to prove the country, the expansion of health. and several other similar missions and will increase social spending, because the country will be discontent. the congress, government, pt, workers party, according to the polls, it will do extremely well. >> let's not forget, there are 6-7 fringe candidates. are they likely to have a sig

she was handpicked by maria silva, and enjoys support of the workers party, taking her on, maria silva, a popular environmentalist, a former maid, campaign to the election of the working class brazilian. she took the place of eduardo campos, who died in a plane crash. she dropped to third behind this man, aecio neves. he's probusiness, a social democrat, comes from one of brazil's most powerful political din afties. we are joined live from sao paulo. we mentioned the size of the elect ray. at the end of the day it's tight, the race at the moment, isn't it? >> it is. absolutely. this is an historic election here in brazil. nationwide, there are 14,800 candidates running for varies offices, the biggest election in brazil's modern history, an election full of twists and turps, and comes -- turns, and comes down to less than two hours before the polls close and we'll get the initial results back. it's been unpredictable, in the last several weeks, dating back to august, when eduardo campos, a one-time candidate died in a plane crash, that threw the campaign into turmoil, and now we are whe

maria silva seems to have lost momentum. she is pushing strong in this campaign, trying to be the new side to brazilian politics. we also have aecio neves who closed his campaign, he has been hitting dilma rousseff hard. this year, groth is spent to be less than 1%, it was 1.5 when she came in. aecio neves says he can bring economic growth back to brazil. it will be up to the brazilian people who should be the next president and lead the country for the next four years. >>> there has been protests in nicaragua against a fishing canal. people marched through the town. they believe the canal will leave them homeless. a chinese company is due to start building in december. many carried banners with anti-china slogans. >> in india 30 have been killed. 50 injured at a stampede in a rely igous festival -- religious festival. the crush happened during a s l celebration, a hindu ceremony. there was a rumour that an electricity cable fell on the ground. doctors have successfully delivered the first baby from a transplanted wound. the

maria silva was leading following the death of eduardo campos, but only achieved 21%. >> reporter: dilma rousseff was basketing in victory, but not enough to be elected. >> translation: this is a simple message that i have to move forward and continue with each one of the voters to change brazil. but the story of the night was aecio neves who made a late surge to finish a strong second. the message to get the economy going, an attraction and a strong debate, the candidate from the center party mimedz himself on the cusp. >> my candidacy is a great benefit to brazil. i want to make the most of the coming days. in a country where more than half the people are not satisfied with the government but unemployment is at record lows, both candidates will draw out the vision for the country. >> both of them are close in their platforms, political platforms. >> it looks like a first call conservative and at a social programme. while more than 100 million brazilians cast a ballot. the message was just as loud. many were dissatisfied. the ab essential was 20%, in sao paulo, it was 30%. tens of milli

in the last week or so maria silva appears to have lost momentum, but is pushing strong, trying to be the new face of brazilian politics. on the other side of the opposition is aecio neves, who closed his campaign in his home state. he has been hitting dilma rousseff hard on the economy. dilma rousseff, when he came into power was overseeing an any with 8.5% growth. aecio neves says that he is the candidate that brings economic yoeth back to brazil. it will be up to the brazilian people to decide who they thing should be the next president, and lead the country for the next four years. >> every year a number of women in nepal are killed by husbands and in-laws over dowry disputes. a new bill will prison those who ipp nict abuse -- inflict abuse because of dow ris. the images may be disturbing. >>> this woman's has been in and out of hospital for eight months. she is from the we were districts and says in march her husband and mother-in-law tied her up, poured kerosene over her and set her on fire. they were demanding a motorbike and water bottle for the dourry, both of which were not

. >> reporter: the candidate maria silva becked to disagree, and tried to present herself as a new face to politics, and the best alternative to the status quo. the candidate is hammering donations and corruption allegations, a party that has been in power for 16 years, if re-elected. >> the brazilian people are tired of so many years in power. we, the people, are suffering so much more than others. >> deep dissatisfaction and public services remain after the anti-government street protest, with all the candidates translating that into votes. >> the intir political class -- entire political class is engaging in a population that doesn't feel represented by anyone. >> that is the scenario the government is facing. it's not clear whether the opposition could do a better job. >> back at the rally supporters turned out, even if not at the same numbers. the vast majority of people get a glimpse of dilma rousseff, for union leaders and members. people she hopes turns out in force on election day she hopes to propel her to a second term. it will be up to 130,000 voters in an election where mos

. >> reporter: maria silva begs to disagree and closed her campaign in sao paulo, trying to present herself as a new face of brazilian politics, and the best alternative to the status quo. she is being hammered on allegations in dilma rousseff's workers party, a party in power for 16 years. >> translation: the brazilian people are tired of so many people and the workers party being in power. we, the people, are suffering much more than others. >> reporter: deep dissatisfaction and public services remains, after the historic anti-government street protest with all the candidates trying to translate that into votes. >> the entire political class in brazil is facing a huge challenge engaging a significant part of the population that doesn't feel representative of anyone. that is the scenario the government is facing. it is not clear whether the position could do a better job. back at the dilma rousseff rally her supporters turn out. even if not at the same numbers as years ago. >> the vast majority of people out to get a glimpse of dilma rousseff are working class, leaders or members. she hope

. >> the candidate maria silva begs to disagree and closed her campaign, trying to present herself as a new face of brazilian politics, and an alternative to the status quo. the candidate is hammering dilma rousseff on stagnation and corruption allegations. a party in power 16 years if reelected. >> translation: the brazilian people are tired of many years of the workers party in power. we the people have suffered more. >> deep dissatisfaction and public services remains with many, after the historic anti-government street protest with all the candidates trying to translate that into votes. >> the entire political class in brazil is facing a mystery and challenge to engage part of the population that doesn't feel represented by anyone. that is the scenario faced, and it's not clear whether the opposition could do a better job. supporters furn out, even if -- turn out, even if not at the same numbers. >> the vast majority of people are working class or union leaders or members. dilma rousseff hopes supporters turn out on election day to propel her to a second determine. >> that will be

candidate marina maria silva begs to disagree. and on saturday presenting herself as a new face of brazilian politics, and the best alternative. the candidate is hammering dilma rousseff on economic stagnation and a party that will be in power 16 years, if reelected. >> the brazilian people are tired of so many years of the workers party in power. we are suffering to much more. >> deep dissatisfaction and public services remain with many, after the historic street protest with all the candidates trying to translate that into votes. i think the class in brazil is facing a huge mystery and challenge to engage a significant part, which doesn't feel represented by anyone. i think that is the scenario the government is fatcing and it's not clear if the opposition can do a job just as well. >> supporters are turn out. the vast majority here are working class, union workers or members, and they are the people she hopes turns outs in force on election day to propel her to a second term. >> reporter: that will be up to 130 million voters w

maria silva, was the vice presidential candidate until a plane crash killed her running mate.eople are voting for state and local leaders. hundreds running are accused of being bank rolled by drug lords. >> contenders are under having for drug trafficking, one of every three peruvian voter lives in a region with candidates under investigation. >>> bulgarians are voting in parliamentary elections, ones to choose the fifth government in less than two years. the nation has struggled with widespread corruption, fragile commission and an influx of refugees. the center right is leading, but is not expected to win oo majority. >> a typhoon is heading to japan. >> it is turning, staying out over the ocean, helping it to maintain the intensity. a lot of heavy rain is the issue along the eastern shores of japan, where the mountains enhance the rain fall. wind and rain causing problems, land slides and wind gusts over 100 miles per hour. the satellite shows where the storm is, it is turning to the north-east. staying off the coast, so it should maintain its intensity open though it's goi

maria silva, 21%.nth, in three weeks' time, october twice six, we will have a runoff. the top two will be competing each other. anduch a big run out brazilian stocks because everyone was hopeful that maria silva, the opposition to rousseff, was more pro-business. here is someone who is even more pro-business. talk about what the two remaining candidates are promising. one of the challenges that dilma rousseff is facing is controlling inflation. it is about targets. this is something that neves last night said he was going to focus on. the government under this president has been able to try as many options as have been available to it to control inflation. according to neves, it has not done a good job. there are issues over the central bank, the question of monetary policy. something that dilma rousseff has said she will not be allowing. likely to be more give optimism to the financial markets. high for an cost of business. that is something he's going to try to change. talking about any finance a pri

popular environmentalist maria silva endorsed aecio neves. she placed third in the first round last week. in an open alert to the country. aecio neves planned to fight for indigenous people and the environment. polls are closed in bolivia and an unofficial count has evo morales winning the third term as president. over 6 million registered to vote. when the vote initial. evo morales will be the longest sec president -- serving president. >> reporter: i'm standing in front of the presidential palace where evo morales is expected to get the official announce of a re-election. not for the second time, but the third time, something un% dented. the electoral council is counting the vote. really, it's not a question of who wins but by how much. an interesting statistic will be how many women will be elected to the senate and the lower house. for the first time half of the candidates sh to be women. it will be interesting to see. bolivia is the sunty with the highest concentration of women in america and the world. >> there's a lot of excitement. th

popular environmentalist maria silva endorsed and placed third. in an open letter she promise to fight for indigenous people and the environment >>> polls closed in bosnia's election. people choosing between 500 official. the campaign was dominated by economic fears. the election commissioner said voter turn out was higher. preliminary results are expected on monday. >>> coming up, it's been two months since moun's death. they want justice. we are live for the latest there. world leaders will kick off the reconstruction plans. we tell how much is being offered when we come back. you >> welcome back to al jazeera america, here are the top stories - coalition air strikes are helping the defense of the syrian town of kobane. i.s.i.l. appears to have a shortage of fightersers but could we getting reinforcements. apache helicopters helped iraqi forces propel i.s.i.l. a dallas nurse is a second person infected in the united states. she was part of a team that cared for thomas eric duncan. she is in an isolation unit at the same hospital. doctors say so

aecio neves, the center, and environmentalist maria silva.hey are battling it out trying to see which, if dilma rousseff does not get 50%, which of the two will face her. results in the next hour or two. >> the economy has not been doing well. around the world, but particularly in brazil it hasn't. dilma rousseff, as you said, has been polling very well. why is that? >> you're right. the economy is not doing well. in fact, most economists say brazil is in a technical recession. growth will be less than 1% this year, and that is not good for any president of any country trying for re-election. she's doing well because of two things. number one, unemployment is low here. it's 5%. so that's very good. most brazilians are working. the other thing is inflation, which is always a problem. it's high, it's about 6%. it is at the ceiling. it's being contained. the two factors containing inflation and low unemployment, if dilma rousseff is reelected will be two key reasons why. >> the u.s. and brazil had a rocky road, particularly since the spying reve

nearly 20 million people voted for maria silva, who came in third. we'll have to see where her voters go. that ultimately could be a deciding factor. for now it will next go to the polls to vote, so see who they think is best to be the president for the next four years. that run off a few weeks away. >> brazil is not the only south american nation holding elections. more than 12,000 positions were filled across the country. one in three voters lives in a region where candidates are alleged to have ties to trafficking. in bulgaria, citizens voted in the second election. the center rite party about library fall short. a senior member calls it a disappointing defeat. >> authorities in mexico found 28 bodies in an area where 43 mexican students disappeared a week ago. it's not clear if any of the dead are missing students. student activists took to the streets demanding answers, saying the government is not doing enough to find fellow students. >> adam raney has more. >> even the army can't get through. classmates and family members of 43 missing student

environmentalist maria silva has endorsed aecio neves, and will place third in the first round of votes. in an open level to the country she pledged to fight for the land of indigenous people and the environment >>> polls closed in bosnia. vote voters choosing between 500 officials and a 3-member state parliament. it is a poor country with unemployment at around 44%. the election commissioner said voter tonne out is higher, and preliminary results expected on monday. world leaders gather in cairo to discuss the rebuilding of gaza. we tell you how much u.s. aid may be involved. >>> a new report reveals the state of california has given more than $2 billion in contracts >>> and how new bicycles in africa is having an impact on a group of students. >>> the economy may be sluggish, but things are looking up for shareholders, using profits to buy back stock, boosting shareholder value. what is good in the short term may be problematic for comprehension growth in the long term. >> reporter: many of americas largest companies have been on a binge, spending $914 billion this year alone to issue

first results. 75% of the vote counted, ipp cum band dilma rousseff has 40%, aecio neves 35%, and maria silva, the environmentalist, 21%. we have about 25% of the vote to come in. it looks like this will probably go to a run-off. it's unlikely dilma rousseff, as expected - it's unlikely that she'll get the 50% she needs to win in the first ball odd. i want to get more on this. i'll bring in a brazilian journalist, who has covered four presidential elections. first, what is your initial rehabilitations to the numbers that came in so far. >> she was leading the polls until a month ago. she's at the level from 2010. she's out of the race. it's surprising to see that he has had a big boost. it will be a big run-off. >> mentioning sifl, and she got another attention in the international media. she jumped to the front of the polls. her campaign discussed in the end. and if you see some noticed cracks in the candidacy that she flip flopped on issues. he looked safe. those who, like the government wept with dilma rousseff, clearly. >> reporter: for dilma rousseff, it appears she may not get the 50% s

for maria silva, it's bad news. there was a poll coming out on saturday showing that she had slipped to the number three position, she put out a strong campaign, she was in front of hundreds of people, trying to present herself as the new face. the other candidate out campaigning hard. he has a lot of momentum in the final days. it will be more than 135 million brazilians going to the polls, and they'll be the ones deciding who should be brazil's next president. >> tomorrow, bulgarians head to the polls. outrage over bad economy and influx of syrian refugees dominated. a stra right party took the lead, but is not expected to win a clear majority. top officials made a rare trip to the south, it is the first such meeting in five years. the north korean delegation is being led by the second-highest official. the two koreas agreed to resume formal dialogue. it comes amid thoughts the health of kim jong un is failing. he was seen gaining weight and walking with a limp. >> more than 2 million muslims travelled the globe t

maria silva came in third with 21%. brazil's main stock market has been volatile in the days running up to the vote to get a boost from the result when it opens later today. the market pretty much getting excited about the prospect in neves winning. >> it's been a surreal election from day one. obviously, what is bad news for mrs. rousseff is undeniably good news as far as the markets are concerned. the comeback of mr. neves is quite striking. but there's an underlying narrative here, which is i think very important. this election has been as much if not more about the fear of change as it has about the yearning for change. and it's no surprise that the -- that the candidate who has been able to achieve the most support so far is the one who is the most reform shy. and i think if miss rousseff is able to paint mrs. silva a friend of the bankers and capitalize on that, then the fear is she'll be able to make commencement out of mr. neves on a more liberal agenda. and i guess the underlying concern here is that the stock

. >>> maria silva who finished third in the brazil election is giving her endorsement to aecio neves. neves hopes the 22 million that backed silva will back him when he battles on october 26th in the regular election. we'll talk about this from capital economic this is morning, seema, that cited slow growth is a permanent fixture among the most dynamic world of economies. and this is the head of emerging markets. this is the new normal for emerging markets. this is a lot to change in the outlook for emerging markets. >> for so many as advanced economies, the situation is slowly changing between the u.s. and the u.k. being seen as the bright spots when you take a look at where we are actually seeing the growth. >> and the other big thing for viewers and investors is not what is happening fundamentally in the economies. when we go into a stronger dollar environment, it's what's happening to fund flows n particular, which economies tend to react negatively when the dollar strengthens. >> and the impact on corporate earnings when they come out in the u.s. >>> still to come on the show, ru