katie watson, bbc news, in sao paolo.we are able to have basic needs met, we need to take care of people back there. this referendum will not solve anything soon but with the crisis in venezuela showing no sign of easing, the opposition wants to show that it has support and put pressure on the government any way it can. katie watson, bbc news, in sao paolo. alberto zambrano is a journalist and political activist based in caracas. hejoins us now. thank you forjoining us here on bbc world news. like many other venezuelans, you world news. like many other venezuela ns, you have world news. like many other venezuelans, you have voted today, though it is not recognised. what do you want to achieve? we are hoping to achieve momentum that will call for general elections within the country, a rejection of nicolas maduro's illegal constitution assembly, and a call on the venezuelan government to become part of... for the armed forces to uphold the current constitution. these polls are improvised. the electoral commission in venezu

katie watson, bbc news, in sao paolo.erto zambrano is a journalist and political activist based in caracas. hejoins us now. to create momentum that will call for general elections within the country, a rejection of nicolas maduro's illegal constitution assembly, and a call on the venezuelan government to become part of... for the armed forces to uphold the current constitution. these polls are improvised. the electoral commission in venezuela is not providing oversight. how can anyone have faith in the results? well, this is part... this is a perfectly valid question that we answer in the following way. according to our laws, the constitution in venezuela asks for every popular consult, for every vote, to be upheld and to be, to have some sort of backing by a branch of the government. in this case, it is the legislated ranch, the assembly, that has called upon this process, this electoral process, to be developed. the civil society, every aspect of it, the universities, the students, the workers, everybody else, they are

katie watson, bbc news, in sao paolo. we will keep you up—to—date with that unofficial referendum. the business news. focus today will be on china's economy. it has grown more than expected in the second quarter of this year — by 6.9%. it matters because the country regarded as the world's factory— is also it's second biggest economy. as you can see here it's a far cry from how things used to be — this shows how for much of the last 25 years, china has been growing much faster. one of the big worries is this number. 258% is the size of china's debts compared to it's economy. 258% is the size of china's debts compared to its economy. that means it owes more than two and a half time everything it makes ina year. much of the debt is linked to the red hot property market which the government is trying to cool. the cost of new housing in major cities rose 10.4% in may. the government also looks likes it succeeding with another problem. this year chinese firms have spent $75.2 billion on foreign merger and acquisitions which is down almost half on the same time a year ago. financial regu

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team that say the charges are and ruling are politically motivated people took to the streets of sao paolo to protest the decision holding signs reading lula resist so his presidential legacy may not have been ruined just yet but it could certainly damage his future aspirations it's been. widely known that he was planning to run for president again next year but according to brazilian law he'd be ineligible to run for office for twice as long as his sentence which means he couldn't run until he's ninety years old news of lula sentence only complicates the political and economic scandals plaguing brazil just last month the country's current president was charged with corruption days after his approval rating dropped to seven percent . a lot of people when they hear about this name this country they think of operation car wash yes does this have anything to do with oh yes it is definitely related to operation car wash was an investigation launched into different businesses and farms and political leaders that work used of making deals with petro bras in exchange for bribes and then that mone

or a mere mortal a lot of us and many thanks for being like so there are reports from for the sao paolo in brazil ok briefly before we go i want you to pick out one play can be from either to say do you think is going to be the most influential person on the page. good at sca of germany is on three goals at the moment is on fire i'm going to pick one or two of the doll who will grab a game by the scruff of the neck in midfield two midfielders that could be tussling had. closed before this one could easily be many thanks staying with our team's coverage of the confederations cup close to kick off and see you next hour. one of the biggest challenges that any investigators face in dealing with cyber crime is. who did it where did it come from and as we've seen with many of these attacks when you've mentioned one across the recent won't run somewhere it's still unclear where that originated from so our clear message to government is to work together around the world to minimize this risk to grow those relationships and make sure that diplomacy is the key to everything. you know. out of. our

lula da silva was speaking in sao paolo to his supporters in brazil's workers' party. that anyway and things this sentence has taken me out of the game, they should know that i am in the game. they can know that now i w wanto tell you, i want to tell my party something that has not been claimed up until now, but i am going to call on the workers party for the right to make myself a candidate for president in 2018. amy: prosecutors allege a construcuction firm spent about $1.1 million refurbishing a beachside apartment for lula and his wife in exchange for public contracts. lula has called the case against him a witch hunt aimed at preventing him from returning to the presidency. meanwhile, brazil's current president, michel temer is facing his own corruption probe. on thursday, a congressional committee voted against recommending charges against temer, even though president was caught on tape approving hush-money payoffs for a powerful politician jailed on corruption charges. president temer's approval rating remains in the single-digits, with one recent poll finding j