yogita limaye, bbc news, morbi.time as prime minister, as part of an investigation into his decision—making. this part of the inquiry is focused on how decisions to impose lockdowns and restrictions were taken. luiz inacio lula da silva has been voted in as brazil's next president. it was a tight race — the former leftist leader took nearly 51% of the vote and far—right incumbent jair bolsonaro won 49%. world leaders welcomed the election of lula with his commitment to restore protection of the amazon rainforest. our south america correspondent katy watson now reports. this is a comeback like no other, 20 years since first becoming president, luna is returning to the top job. there was celebration and tears among his supporters. "everything i achieved happened under lula's government," this man tells me. "i went to university, my life totally changed." this has been quite the journey. a man who left powerjust 12 years ago with a sky—high approval rating after lifting millions out of poverty, but who then fell from g

yogita limaye, bbc news, india.ews, still to come: plundered by the nazis, the exhibition devoted to works of art looted during the second world war. the israeli prime minister, yitzhak rabin, the architect of the middle east peace process, has been assassinated. a 27—year—old jewish man has been arrested and an extremistjewish organisation has claimed responsibility for the killing. at polling booths throughout the country, they voted on a historic day for australia. as the results came in, it was clear, the monarchy would survive. of the american hostages, there was no sign. they are being held somewhere inside the compound, and student leaders have threatened that, should the americans attempt rescue, they will all die. this mission has surpassed all expectations. voyager one is now the most distant man—made object anywhere in the universe, and itjust seems to keep on going. tonight, we prove once more that the true strength of our nation comes not from the might of our arms or the scale of our wealth, but from t

yogita limaye, bbc news, india.'s powerful revolutionary guards, have issued their strongest warnings yet that nation—wide protests must end. and while protesters carried on with their demonstrations, in more than a dozen university campuses, they were met with a violent crackdown by security forces. hundreds of people have been killed since the death of mahsa amini in police custody. our news reporter azadeh moshiri joins us in the studio. strong words from the authorities, however translating on the ground with the security forces? it seems like there is a richard kennar up. they have been more heavy—handed on university campuses where protests continue to have the weekend. then, footage of gunshots were heard in a lot of these videos, with students starting with peaceful protests, then suddenly hearing them screaming and running away as militia and riot police show up. but, while hundreds have been killed in the last few weeks, and i don't want to underplay how brutal and violent this crackdown has been, but this

our south asia correspondent, yogita limaye, reports.. locals were the first to respond, helping pull people out. some even swimming out to rescue those stuck in the middle of the river. at one of the banks, people tried to form a human chain to reach as many as they could. the bridge, built in the 19th century, was closed for renovation for six months, reopened less than a week ago. schools were off, and so lots of people were here along with their children. the bridge collapsed because of overcrowding, sukram, an eyewitness said. at the hospital, a steady stream of the injured were brought in. this is indian prime minister nahendra modi's home state and his party is in power here. he announced compensation for those who have been affected. once the struggle to save people is over, for officials here, there will be many tough questions to answer. yogita limaye, bbc news, india. the headlines on bbc news... pressure on the home secretary suella braverman to tackle conditions at a kent migrant processing centre. the prime minister says he

earlier i spoke to our south asia correspondent, yogita limaye, who gave us the latest. the incident occurred at around 6:40pm, that isjust around four hours ago. an estimate given to us by a regional government ministerfrom gujarat, he says that there were around 150 people on the bridge when it collapsed. these are of course numbers estimated by onlookers, people around the area, and we will only find out the true scale of the tragedy in the hours to come. local authorities are saying that there was overcrowding on the bridge because not only was it a weekend, a sunday, but it has also been the week of the diwali festivities, so this is a week in which schools have been asked, families have been on vacation, and this particular bridge, it was built in the 19th century, it is a suspension bridge, there are no vehicles on it, it is for people. it was closed for renovation for about six months and it was reopened only about a week ago. and so, we have been told that an investigation will take place into how that reopening happened, which authorities certified its reopenin

yogita limaye, bbc news, india.e closed in brazil and votes are being counted after the final round of its presidential election. the right wing incumbent, jair bolsonaro, is up against the left—wing former president, luiz inacio lula da silva. they are two men with very different visions of brazil's future — our south america correspondent katy watson is in sao paulo for election night. how is it looking? everybody said it was a ti . ht how is it looking? everybody said it was a tight race _ how is it looking? everybody said it was a tight race but _ how is it looking? everybody said it was a tight race but i _ how is it looking? everybody said it was a tight race but i don't - was a tight race but i don't think you could get it tighter. we are looking at 92% of votes counted and bolsonaro has just under 50% and lula has just over 50%. bolsonaro has just under 50% and lula hasjust over 50%. brazilians faced a stark choice in these elections, a far right president with popularity amongst conservatives and religious

i'm joined now by our south asia correspondent, yogita limaye.there much speculation about possible causes? so and is there much speculation about possible causes?— possible causes? so the incident occurred at _ possible causes? so the incident occurred at around _ possible causes? so the incident occurred at around 6:40pm, - possible causes? so the incidentj occurred at around 6:40pm, just around four hours ago. an estimate given to us by regional government ministerfrom gujarat, and he says there were around 150 people on the bridge when it collapsed. these are of course numbers estimated by onlookers, people around the area. we will only find out the true scale of the tragedy in the hours to come. local authorities are saying that there was overcrowding on the bridge because not only what is —— was a day weekend, a sunday, it is also the diwali festivities. families have been on vacation. and this particle a bridge, it was built in the 19th—century, it is a suspension bridge. there are no vehicles on it. it was closed for ovation for six month

yogita limaye reports.at this point that they will find any survivors. they've been doing this for hours. about an hour ago, a body was pulled out but we know that people are still missing and that's what they're looking for. here to the right, that's where the suspension footbridge was. you can see the net there and these cranes have been brought in and they've been working through the night and i'm just going to show you through the crowds, if i can, this. this is essentially — this was the bridge. this is the metal rock, where the metal base of the bridge and the net that formed the sides of the suspension footbridge. it collapsed on sunday evening and this morning, the terrifying footage of the moments of when it actually collapsed. cctv footage has emerged. scores of people were plunged into the river and the darkness compounded the difficulties of trying to find survivors. in a hospital close by, where the injured have been taken, the dead as well, since the morning, they've been handing over the bodi

yogita limaye has sent us this update.ge. this is the metal walkway, the metal base of the bridge, and the net that formed the sides of the suspension footbridge. it collapsed on sunday evening, and this morning, the terrifying footage of the moment of when it actually collapsed. cctv footage has emerged. china has launched the final module of its tiangong space station, the latest step in its ambitious space programme. state media said the module, named mengtian or 'dreaming of heavens', was launched from a space launch centre on china's tropical island hainan. it is the third and final major component of the t—shaped tiangong space station and carries cutting—edge science equipment into orbit. more than 200 dogs have participated in a charity walk in their own special attire. this is pumpkin at only ten weeks old, just getting used to her wheels. but now look at her. stronger and faster than ever. last year money was being raised so that pumpkin could have an operation. but that wasn't possible. due to extreme trauma. so

yogita limaye reports.s point that they will find any survivors — they've been doing this for hours. about an hour ago, a body was pulled out. but we know that people are still missing and that's what they're looking for. here to the right, that's where the suspension footbridge was. you can see the net there. and these cranes have been brought in and they've been working through the night. and i'm just going to show you through the crowds, if i can, this. this is essentially... this was the bridge. this is the metal walkway, the metal base of the bridge, and the net that formed the sides of the suspension footbridge. it collapsed on sunday evening, and this morning, the terrifying footage of the moment of when it actually collapsed. cctv footage has emerged. scores of people were plunged into the river, and the darkness compounded the difficulties of trying to find survivors. and in a hospital close by, where the injured have been taken — the dead, as well — since the morning, they've been handing over the