thousands of royal mail workers in the uk stage a second day of strike action in a row over pay, disrupting deliveries of packages and letters. a new study shows the impact of climate change on the shrinking glaciers of switzerland. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk, or around the world. the last leader of the soviet union, mikhail gorbachev, has died, aged 91, following a long illness. mr gorbachev was crucial to ending the cold war. he was one of the most influential political figures of the 20th century. world leaders have been paying tribute. the un chief antonio guterres said he changed the course of history . president biden described him as a man of remarkable vision , who created a safer world . however, in a stamement this morning the kremlin said his romanticism about better relations with the west had been misplaced. our moscow editor, steve rosenberg, looks back at his life. he was the kind of russian leader the world had never seen. mikhail gorb
have to stop. and with the us midterm elections are only days away, we visit president biden s home town and measure the political mood. although to come in the cellar. first of all, we take you to brazil. supporters of brazil s left wing president elect, luis inacio lula da silva, have been celebrating his narrow election victory over jair bolsonaro who has yet to concede. the final tally was just 50.8% to lula. large crowds of people have been dancing, chanting lula s name and setting off fireworks. this represents an amazing comeback for the former president, who three years ago, was serving a prison sentence for corruption his conviction was later overturned. but the contest reflected how deeply polarised brazil is. mr lula spoke after the win was announced. translation: i have faith in god that with the help l of the people we will find a way out so this country may live again democratically, harmoniously, and we can even re establish peace between families. today, w
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i stand by the package we announced on the fact we announced on the fact we announced it quickly because we had to act but i do except we should have laid the ground better. and the skin tight fit of the spray on dress that s the talk of the catwalk, at this year s paris fashion shows. they go again the two main candidates in brazil s presidential election will have a second round run off after neither man achieved the 50 % needed to win. the left wing challenger former president luis inacio lula de silva won the most support, while the right wing incumbent, jair bolsonaro we can go now to laura trevelyan in rio dejaneiro. david, trevelyan in rio dejaneiro. lula the former president david, lula the former president of brazil who is leading with over 45% of the vote, with 98% of votes counted that he hasn t quite cleared 50%, he is about to speak in sao paulo, president macro has 43%, he is in second place so it will be a run off between these two titans of different ide