by making a soldier mistake and homophobic comments his main rival was the left wing candidate for nanda dad dad is a former mayor of south palo and replaced former president luiz inacio lula da silva as the workers' party candidates you know was disqualified from standing in the election after being convicted of corruption we have two correspondents covering the story we'll have reaction from to raise above in sao paolo first though let's get the latest latin america at its head lucien human in rio de janeiro and it looks as though. might of gone the distance with exit polls suggesting that he has won the first round what might you be hearing there. man we were expecting him to win the first round but not to win the first election entirely in the first round but let me just tell you the latest official figures from the electoral council the just come out with fifty three percent of the votes counted also not a has forty nine percent of the votes versus only twenty six percent for food nanda had died which means that he just needs a fraction more to actually win this election all out avo

to the left just hopeful for nanda had daddy in in the first round and he's still the favorite to win also now as opponents say he poses a threat to democracy he's made offensive remarks about gay people women and black brazilians but even among those groups he has supported. we are in the suburbs of rio de janeiro most of the city's black population lives here not in the famous more upmarket neighborhood of copacabana in classroom b. security is an important issue people here are afraid of being assaulted on the street the black brazilians we talk to feel the right wing populist you see your poll so narrow as the best option for their country. i will vote for both because we need change. we want to see our country again as it once was one that is committed to conservative practices. civil to. many from this community belong to the evangelical church which has great influence and has been supporting radical candidates across latin america. also not as derogatory statements about black people and women aren't taken too seriously here . no never they didn't offend you know he didn't mak

the to silva in prison for corruption was eventually reeled in eligible to stand his replacement for nanda her dad was confirmed as a candidate just three weeks ago. his comments about minorities and women had him hitting the headlines long before his stabbing and he's confident he will win. this this is the final each of you who have been convinced to vote for me managed to get out and win me a vote and a half more then we'll settle it in the first right and the first strident and then at the end of the month on the twenty eighth everyone can go to the beach and have a barbecue because we won't have to vote again leftist challenger how dad was not his party's first choice support for him relies on the popularity of his mentor the former president the candidate has warned voters not to be swayed by paulson and what he's an empty figure who hasn't contributed for thirty years and he's going to contribute to brazil night the two main candidates could not be more different their vision some key issues such as pension reform and labor laws are polar opposites it's expected that both. will face

presidential election after promising to tackle crime of aggression he said to face a leftist candidate for nanda in a second round of voting in three weeks doctors warn his opponents policies pose a threat to democracy. that's it for me and with that she won the d.w.t. music scene we have all coming up for you in half and look forward to seeing you the. check in is hot on the trail of some famous people who visit st year the birthplace of a philosopher who sported a bushy beard. he called her dishes also filming a famous figure in witan bird she comes face to face with the great reformer and then it's on to bone to see. cats train him. next on. a high tech search for clues in. an archaeological dig that doesn't need shovels. and modern technology is used to explore historical sites and discover long lost cultures. bringing the secrets of the past to light. archaeology two point zero. in forty five minutes on w. n n gemini with demi at any time live on aimee plays the names video yeah i love the look of surprise and so missing along to see the stuff come from super fun seats. for. interactive exe

hundred sixty four to one nine hundred eighty five also now is up against a leftist candidate for nanda her dad going into the vote opinion polls put them eight to ten percentage points apart. and ophelia joins me from rio de janeiro's so ophelia both scenarios seems likely you know clearly winning this victory but is there a chance for her dad here i mean recently polls have suggested that that gap is narrowing. well i can barely hear you at the moment but what i can tell you is that the gap was certainly not erode. eighteen to ten to eight points according to those polls that have been published in the process today that has raised hopes of the workers' party of course very handy that. voted already today and said that here is very certain that most brazilians will go to the poll today and defend democracy. as he told the press but what you can see behind me we are outside your able to narrow house and his supporters of course. very loud as you can hear and they already think that their candidate will be brazil's next president there are already in party mood everyone who is here is v

seems to have no reverse also narrow is winning with more than fifty five percent of the votes for nanda that has left is left with only forty five percent forty forty four percent of out of the vote and so far well this seems to have now reversed not all the votes have been counted but these seems to be the final result civil tonara has already spoken thanking all of his voters and he said he will respect democracy he will respect the constitution and he will also make all of the plans come true that he has been promising during his campaign. both that are has made denigrating remarks about women gays and blacks why does he still have so much support. well he even has voters amongst these minorities as some call them and this is mainly because many people in this country are disappointed with the workers' party governments that have led the country as many think to the vatican amik situation and have been involved in two very hard corruption scandals that have hit the country in recent years and which made him former president luiz inacio lula da silva be imprisoned and many brazilians

election winning forty six percent of votes will face a runoff in three weeks against left winger for nanda had finished a distant second also tomorrow attracted support by promising to fight corruption is opponents say he poses a threat to democracy in latin america's largest country. if one word could describe brazil right now he did have to be angry. over political corruption rising crime and years of economic decline and anger that on sunday propelled a right wing populist to within arm's reach of the presidency but not quite close enough so it is a runoff election now to think about and here there are just two options very different ones essentially splitting voters into camps in the far right and left. well some of the not all because he's the one who has the best proposals for children health and security right now security is our biggest problem. i'll vote for anyone but also in our oh. he will destroy brazil judging by his speeches we know that he's not fit to be our president. i voted for both a narrow and i expect oh vote for him again. but let's see. what this. show you're both

meanwhile leftist presidential candidate for nanda how dad is battling to narrow the gap. the nation is at risk democracy is at risk individual rights are at risk. we represent the restart of the process the deepening of democracy of freedoms and of the battle against inequality in our country. have dads has been making up ground in the last two weeks but with both so narrow on the brink of victory it's unlikely to be enough to turn the tide. and just a reminder of the top story we're following for you exit polls in the german state of hess a inflict more punishment and a fresh blow to german chancellor angela merkel coalition both the main. aim supports the far right if he called enough support to enter the regional parliament for the first time and the greens also made gains. ok that's join us again at the top of the hour or you can check out our web site that's com you can follow us on twitter at news thank you for joining us c.n.n. . the. letter we were. when we were. even percent of americans at some point in our lives will experience hardship.

running for president of latin america's largest country less than a month ago former south america fed nanda had dad was really seen nationally as running mate a soft spoken academic by the side of the popular and charismatic former president but with a new lead now barred from running as he serves a twelve year sentence for corruption and dad has been forced to step into his shoes if he can. we have received a mission from president lula mission to look into the eyes of the people and remind them of the time when together we built a very different country. dad was listened to cation minister and promises to return to the days when the workers' party implemented social programs interested millions of brazilians from poverty that memory has helped transfer some of this popularity to had. especially on the industrial outskirts of sao paolo where the workers' party was born. to the p.t.s.d. part of the working class that gave us dignity before d.p.p. we had no access to credit cards we always took buses never an airplane. dice doesn't know much about had that only whom he represents. had dads b

that showed a rejection of forty percent against both an hour and forty one percent i can say for nanda how that it is also to be questioned by the other eleven candidates who run today will be doing with their votes and their electorate. it is a case where they can call on their voters to support one of the other candidates is that is how it works. that is exactly what what we will be seeing the question is just how much had a cookie. it will. not gain the sympathy of the other candidates who have been very much liked in the debates he has been hiding attacked because what the other candidates were trying to do is to get into the second round of round into the runoff with both tomorrow by the talking head and his workers party for all of the corruption scandals they have been involved with and we will see if this changes it in the run off in just two weeks that you know i'm three weeks that last tuesday to the runoff. ok thank you for that ofelia that's the job use of feel your harms are really reporting on it the brazilian election force which appears to be going to start tomorrow not

for president of latin america's largest country less than a month ago former sao paolo merrifield nanda her dad was received national lula da silva as running mate a soft spoken academic by the side of the popular in charismatic former president but with lula now barred from running as he serves a twelve year sentence for corruption and dad has been forced to step into his shoes if he can last as that they will still do we have received a mission from president lula mission to look into the eyes of the people and remind them of the time when together we built a very different country. the dad was listened to cation minister promises to return to the days when the workers' party implemented social programs that is didn't millions of brazilians from poverty that memory has helped transfer some of lula's popularity to had. especially on the industrial outskirts of sao paolo where the workers' party was born. to the p.t.s.d. part of the working class that gave us dignity before d.p. we had no access to credit cards we always took buses never an airplane. getting more dice doesn't know much

presidential front runners the boss and merrill holds not put him ahead of the leftist candidate for nanda her dad for sunday's runoff they've also been protests against polls now as racist homophobic and sexists comments across brazil and at least eighteen people have been killed after a train derailed in northeastern taiwan officials say five carriages overturned as the train travel south from taipei toward thai tong at least one hundred eighty seven of the passengers on board were injured the cause of the accident is being investigated you're up to date with the headlines on al-jazeera the news will continue after al-jazeera investigations crickets match fixes that when i watch files to stay with this. you evidence fifteen cricket matches fixed at the highest levels of the international game. betting and i gotta. put it up. for. al-jazeera as investigative unit has obtained recordings of a match fixing speaking to a notorious engine bookmaker. the new evidence of corruption follows the documentary cricket match fixes which rocked the sport in may two thousand and eighteen we are investi

also nora's main rival is the left wing candidate for nanda her dad he's a former mayor of south paolo recently replaced for president who is signal salute to silva as the workers' party's candidate little was disqualified from standing in the in the election after being convicted of corruption latin america editor lucien human is live for us now in rio de janeiro so can both win this out right without it having go into a second round. hello adrian it seems that he will not but just by your hair let me just give you the latest with eighty five percent of the votes counted he has forty seven point six percent of those votes while he. has twenty seven point two a huge difference between the two this does seem to indicate that this will go to a runoff in less than three weeks time but as you can see it very very little that he needs to actually win this all out and if it is a shocking result if you had asked me just a couple of weeks ago if this was possible almost everyone would have said no he was polling less than a month ago at around in the high twenty's and so it's a stunning change

to back in the drawn off the country's presidential election the far right candidate but first for nanda.

congo so nanda sees his capital city project as an appeal as a call to arms a call to take back cities by making them livable for every resident. now this wednesday saw the twenty eighth year of german reunification being celebrated to mark the occasion a huge festival was held at the famous brandenburg gate in berlin at the end of the day on wednesday off to music from many different artists there was a massive firework display the audit which the rockets went off with compare lately down to the public how you off all that sure you. fireworks for the people by the people that was the concept for this year's closing display of the celebrations on the day of german unity and then when. the idea came from german installation artists mounted bunch. with just hours to go before the display thirty four year old multiple was busy setting things up. pyrotechnicians placed over four hundred rockets on the launch platform and everybody got to vote on the order in which they would be fired off botches interactive project was unique therefore over. the interactive fireworks platform is the first

sonata has won the first round of brazil's presidential election he will face left wing candidate for nanda had died in the runoff in three weeks time a dog.

presidential election after promising to tackle crime and corruption he said to face a leftist candidate for nanda about in a second round of voting in three weeks time. you're watching news coming to you live from berlin we've got more coming up at the top of the hour when well thanks for watching. more than sixty suicides in the french police force last year and. officers face a constant battle against the public cost the lives of over work and above all the dangers of terrorism. many feel abandoned by their government. can come to the aid of the french probably. next on d w. a nine to be close to the action. oh. no bomb then why not she says when the people and the people came to him we're doing the same thing in principle. to the dominican is in downtown jerusalem don't do a two very different personalities. and a very special place priest and the party district. sixty minutes d.w. . got a little malaysia. listening to read. the fight against illegal logging. david. against goliath time for me to tell everyone what's going on the funny courageous activists are against the mighty opponent. loss

week before brazilians returned to the polls for the second round of voting polls in our faces for nanda had died who replaced jailed former president to silver who are campaigning has been marred by a series of attacks against candidate supporters journalists and activists most of the violence has been blamed on sonora supporters even though he himself was stabbed last month daniel shawn reports now from sao paolo. opinion polls suggest he's ahead by some margin the former military officers support growing largely because he's promising to be tough on crime. from a right wing candidate. supported appear to have taken that message into the room hands by directing their violence against any groups that don't conform to their ideals to the boys this with this wave of fascism with people who share the story deals are as a transsexual man still kind of unsafe walking down the streets visiting places one might be under threat especially in the city center where there are many people who share those special story deals and think as we should be exterminated there's been attacks across brazil a

for its role in a graph scheme known as the car wash scandal with voters rejecting its candidate for nanda had died the similar reasons and these are just some of the live pictures coming to us at the moment from the country many supporters of paul scenario have been celebrating throughout the day he always had the upper hand over his arrival though there are some that are also concerned about what his presidency might mean for brazil turkish police say the saudi consul station chief in istanbul went to forest north of the turkish city a day before the journalist to market was murdered in an area where investigators have been searching for body safes station chief is believed to have left turkey on october the sixteenth meanwhile saudi arabia's public prosecutor has arrived in istanbul to discuss the killing turkish authorities want the eighteen suspects to be extradited charles stratford has more. we are now hearing from these police sources talking to the newspaper that one of the men involved in this group of one of the group members was a man called made a bold moves amy who has been t

seen off is a socialist rival for nanda her dad thousands of elated supporters of the country's president elect together till a streets of rio to celebrate. what was it was it. here all together that part of this moment is not just nonstop me part of this moment was when romney captain secured over fifty five percent of the vote in brazilian politics polls nor was a figure known for his controversial statements he once called for the murder of a sitting president lamented the demise of the country's military dictatorship and laws bitter attacks on women in minority groups he ran on an anti crime anti corruption platform as proved skillful it engaging with voters especially via social media. workers party opponent me time fernando had a former mayor of so polo he ended the presidential race of the jailed former president lula to silva was banned from participating is a look back at the race of the issues that defined it. thank you. it's not just excitement for about a country we've had enough of corruption from the people in office sitting on the house. i saw the mess six years to the old

see no food socialist model for nanda a dad thousands of elated supporters of the country's president elect gathered on the streets of rio de janeiro to celebrate. was. it. was it was was it was it was it it's here are to her snap out of this moment it was obvious nonstop made me laugh i totally understand that was it was the former army captain secured over fifty five percent of the vote in brazilian politics both scenarios a figure known for his controversial statements in the past he once called for the murder of a sitting president lamented the demise of the country's military dictatorship and launched bitter attacks on women and minority groups he ran this time on an anti crime anti corruption platform and has proved skillful at engaging with voters especially via social media while snarls workers' party opponent meantime fernando had dad is a former mayor of south polo he entered the presidential race of the jailed former president due to server was banned from participating but as hunters from the free brazil movement believes that despite his controversial statements false nar

holds now put him ahead of the leftist candidate for nanda who died for sunday's runoff have also been protests against both snarls racist homophobic and sexist comments across brazil. was one of the ranis in support of boss narrow in south pottle. with less than a week to go until the second crucial round of voting in brazil presidential elections these are job also not all supporters seem to think they help the moment they certainly have around sixty percent rating in the opinion polls with the main challenger. back in a distant forty percent the supporters say would be much concerned about an investigation into who led. illegal campaign funding a campaign of social media which it was is designed to undermine the integrity well for. him says he doesn't there's not much interested in that campaign even if you knew about it there's not much you could have done about that he six months ago had a less than twenty percent approval rating in the opinion polls since that seems to struck a chord in the within the electorate disillusioned with a corrupt political starvation a rising crime the

meanwhile left this presidential candidate for nanda how dad is battling to narrow the gap. of the nation is at risk democracy is at risk individual rights are risk. we represent the restart of the process the deepening of democracy of freedoms and of the battle against inequality in our country where you. have dad has been making up ground in the last two weeks but with both an hour on the brink of victory it's unlikely to be enough to turn the tide. and ophelia joins me from rio de janeiro so a fear of both scenarios seems likely you know clearly winning this victory but is there a chance for her dad here i mean recent polls have suggested that that gap is narrowing . well i can barely hear you at the moment but what i can tell you is that the god has certainly narrowed between eighteen and two ten to eight points according to those polls that have been published in the past two days that has raised hopes of the workers' party of course and their candidate for among those. who voted already today and said that he is very certain that most brazilians will go to the poll tod

five time world footballer of the year kris jenner nanda has been left off portugal's national team for a pair of upcoming internationals as a three year old has been accused of sexually assaulting a woman at a less vegas hotel in two thousand and nine. denies the claim and on thursday trained with his team eventis for the first time since the allegations surfaced last week paul reese has more. christiane iran although pulled into the event as training complex in cheering on thursday a day after using twitter to deny he had a right to woman one of the biggest names in world football has been accused by american catherine majorca of assaulting her in his las vegas hotel room nine years ago she told the german newspaper spiegel that she had been paid three hundred seventy five thousand dollars by rinaldo to keep quiet my oga has now filed a civil lawsuit against the portuguese player whose own lawyers have threatened to sue the newspaper for damages in early two thousand and seventeen we found first traces about this incident in june two thousand and nine and we kept digging and search fo

of three point two million dollars to push probe also not on messaging attacking his opponent for nanda had died with stories many of which were made up. under brazilian electoral law such undisclosed corporate donations to a political campaign are illegal also novel called for your decision palos investigation the fake news of. you. is facing up with us we run a full fact check on the story with sources who deal directly with the agencies responsible for sending these messages we concluded that there has been undeclared support from businesses for a presidential candidate and that is against electoral law in brazil this is been subverting the campaign. has denied all accusations after all if he admitted any wrongdoing he would be admitting to an electoral crime i assume you know. silly question you know it's a question we cannot know for sure whether both or not all was aware about businessmen taking such action in his favor the fact is he has a tendency to do pete fake stories untruths that do the rounds on social media put instance in many interviews he mentions a book obviously the

and said nanda had done the candidate of the discredited left wing workers' party. the underdog. is clearly had died a moderate former education minister who stepped in at the eleventh hour to replace his mentor former president. in twenty days of campaigning we were able to get more than thirty million votes and take a little known candide it into a run on the strength of political platform. but my trade anger against serving a twelve year prison sentence for corruption is had he'll but it's an uphill battle it's a very long uphill battle has to find some way to connect to this people has to find a way to put for his own message to disentangle himself from lula's image but the day after the election had that first move was to visit in prison. who has a commanding lead says he won't back off from his most controversial views like supporting torture shooting criminals on sight and vilifying gays in women's rights groups. i can't suddenly turn into a peace and love joey said bull so narrow in a radio interview i can't violate myself that way i have to continue being myself. already

president is challenger is the leftist candidate for nanda had dodd who is from the workers' party which has led brazil for thirteen of the last fifteen years. is a former military leader who's vowed to rescue brazil from a crisis of crime and corruption a dad is a liberal darling a former mayor and education minister is promised to reform brazil's struggling economy for the benefit of the poor but many people are saying they are repulsed by both sonars history of racist homophobic and sexist remarks meanwhile had dad says he's the only candidate that can defend the rights of workers women and minorities both scenarios rise of presidential favorites has been fueled by an anti-establishment wave dad is seen by many as a member of the old guard and his struggle to catch up to both scenarios massive lead will to raise a live now from rio de janeiro address of our i all in some part of the country concerned about the consequences of electing bolsa naro but you are i understand in an area where he has enjoyed some considerable support. while that's correct where i am right now we've been rufi

the prime minister alleging one of his ministers was involved in an assassination plot then alpha nanda as has more from columbus. a jubilant mind the rajapaksa was mobbed when he visited the country's most sacred buddhist shrine the temple of the two thing candy on sunday morning his reception showed the popularity the new prime minister still commands among a sizable section of the population that popularity and his track record made him the obvious choice for president might be pilot citizen or when he needed a replacement for ronald victimise singer who he sacked on friday today the president addressed the nation to explain his shock decision. mr ronald it promising got behaved very arrogant mean stubbornly in the government mostly making decisions individually diploid of collective decision making a mistake to a very serious political crisis. in his thirty seven minute speech the president strongly criticised vicar missing her saying he was to blame for economic wars for corruption broken promises and pretty much everything else wrong with the government laying out reasons for his

results gave him more than fifty five percent of the vote well ahead off the leftist candidate for nanda. as the final results religion they were intense displays of both grief as well as joy on the streets a sign of brazil's divide with the leader. thousands of people gathered outside jaya both sinatras home in rio de janeiro to celebrate. for his supporters the result marks a new beginning for brazil. with many shedding tears of joy as the news broke the our election campaign was tough and particularly divisive by dressing the nation for the first time as the country's president elect from inside his own home also now a spark of unity brought the live north of oh this is a country for us all brazilians by birth or heart of brazil of diverse opinions colors and orientations as a defender of freedom i will lead a government which defends and protects the rights of citizens who comply with their duties and respect the laws. there were some very different scenes in sao paulo amongst supporters of his leftist opponent fernando had. and out on the street there was anger towards the winner. m

on october twenty eighth for the second round of voting also in our faces the opposition leader for nanda a dad. well let's get more from daniel who's in sao paolo and daniel how would you describe sentiment in the country and of course and sao paolo just ahead of the spinal. cord certainly here it's very noisy it is approved by the law books and all rally behind me his supporters have adopted many of the kind of nationalistic symbols that waving the brazilian green and yellow they were in the brazilian. i've heard the brazilian national anthem at least three times since we've been here so they've adopted those symbols as part of their. to make brazil a better country i mean why would they need a case is that their countries probably will power the rides now but there has been for many many years an extreme right wing county the. left wing. of the workers party very little ground between there has been growing violence growing in the run up to the elections we had the and the now the old supporters in this very space yesterday approached reporters out here today they're on the road they b

president his challenger is the leftist candidate for nanda who died who's from the workers' party which has led brazil for thirteen of the last fifteen years as a former military leader who's vowed to rescue brazil from a crisis of crime and corruption a dad is a liberal darling a former mayor an education minister whose promise to reform brazil's struggling economy for the benefit of the poor but many people say they are repulsed by both sonars history of racist homophobic and sexist remarks adad says he's the only candidate who can defend the rights of workers women and minorities both in our bows and arrows rise to presidential favorites has been fueled by an anti establishment wave a dad is seen by many as a member of the old guard in a struggle to catch up to pull sonars massive lead or following all of this force rio de janeiro to raise a boat she joins us live now. polson r.-o. has the advantage over his rival but it could have done stage a surprising comeback in this second round. the latest polls told others between an eight and ten point difference between both candidates anal

brazil since the end of the military ship more than three decades ago polls put leftists candidate for nanda had second after his far right rival china boss and narrow but it's an uphill task as he tries to distance his party from corruption allegations that america has a lucien newman has more from sao paulo. this son of lebanese immigrants to brazil could not be more different than the left wing legend whose place he is running for president of latin america's largest country less than a month ago former sao paolo mer fed none to her dad was releasing the silvas running mate a soft spoken academic by the side of the popular in charismatic former president but with lula now barred from running as he serves a twelve year sentence for corruption and dad has been forced to step into his shoes if he can you notice that they will still believe we have received a mission from president lula mission to look into the eyes of the people and remind them of the time when together we built a very different country. dad was listened to cation minister promises to return to the days when the workers' par

back him in the drawn off the country's presidential election the far right candidate but first for nanda from the leftist to book a spotty who finished a distant runner up in song dispersed drowned. and down as the nobel prize season goes to a close we speak exclusively to one of the recipients dennis looked really good cool when out of the nobel peace prize poised efforts to stop sexual violence and war. and the next sixty minutes the u.s. backed goodish troops step up the battle to expose islamic state from a stronghold in eastern syria. these troops are preparing for their last fart here in syria again if they would within the next weeks it's going to be a turning point for them that's why they're preparing every. detail of your joint a press to have with the anti science coalition and reports from the front. and cameroon's opposition needed to find it hard to claim victory in sunday's presidential election mores come to says he has a mandate from the. people and is calling on the long serving president who would be asked to step down we'll go live to our correspondent for the bay lat