right now, he is receiving dignitaries from various people coming to the end of the day of ceremony. we ve seen him out and about travelling on a very impressive motorcade, and the actual inauguration process itself, and that sash you can see there, the green and yellow sash has a lot of significance which we will come to in a moment. this is something that has been controversially seen. this is the moment he formally received it from a faneuil of people up on stage there a panel. traditionally, the sash is given by the outgoing president, but this time, things were different. jair bolsonaro was not present at the ceremony he s currently in florida in the us. he refused to take part. a big significant breakfrom he refused to take part. a big significant break from tradition on that. we have been hearing from lula about what his priorities are. translation: 0ur translation: our goal is to achieve zero deforestation and a zero greenhouse gas emissions in the energy masks.
and nearly a year into russia s war with ukraine, we hear the story of a troupe of displaced ukrainian dancers unable to return home after fleeing the country. hello and welcome to bbc news. brazil s new president, the veteran left wing politician luiz inacio lula da silva, has vowed to make his country a great environmental power . at his swearing in ceremony in the capital brasilia, he told congress that he will rebuild the country from as he put it the terrible ruins he has inherited from jair bolsonaro. jair bolsonaro is his pre assessor, and usually what would happen is the pre assessor of the previous president would hand over a ceremonial sash to the incoming incoming president. that didn t happen this time. lula received it from a group of people representing brazil s diversity. jair bolsonaro himself and another break from tradition wasn t actually there or in the country. he s in florida in the us. but these are the scenes of a few hours ago. you can see l
hello and welcome. luiz inacio lula da silva, has been sworn in as brazil s new president, 20 years after first becoming the country s leader. almost five years ago he was sent to jail for corruption, on charges that have since been annulled. he ll now lead a deeply divided country. at his inauguration in the capital brasilia he told the crowds he d rebuild brazilfrom what he called the terrible ruins he had inherited from jair bolsonaro. our south america correspondent, katy watson now reports. a return to powerfor the man barack obama once called the most popular politician in the world. security was tight amid threats of violence by supporters of his far right predecessor, jair bolsonaro. mr bolsanoro didn t even hand over the presidential sash, instead abandoning his final official duty and flying to florida. lula is the same man but he inherits a very different country to the one he left before. in his speech, he promised unity and reconstruction, starting in the
a historic launch from british soil of a plane with a rocket carrying satellites, but the spacecraft fails to reach orbit. and in his latest tv interviews, prince harry claims camilla the queen consort used the media to promote herself at the expense of family members. hello and welcome to the programme. we start in brazil, where there have been pro democracy demonstrations across the country after the invasion of the congress by far right supporters of the former president, jair bolsonaro. one of the biggest protests was in brazil s largest city, sao paulo where tens of thousands people came out. more than 1,500 people have been arrested, with suggestions they could be charged with terrorism. they ve been taken in buses to police headquarters to be questioned. it seems the investigation into who was behind the invasion will be a priority for the new government of president lula. police have already been dismantling the main protest camp which was set up by supporters of mr b
harry claims camilla the queen consort used the media to promote herself at the expense of family members. we start in brazil where there has been a swift and stern reaction to the invasion of the congress by supporters of the former president, jair bolsonaro. more than one thousand five hundred people have been arrested with suggestions they could be charged with terrorism. they ve been taken in buses to police headquarters to be questioned. it seems the investigation into who was behind the invasion will be a priority for the new government of president lula. police have already been dismantling the main protest camp which was set up by supporters of mr bolsonaro. officers wearing riot uniforms were deployed and a spokesman said the protestors were dispersed. the aftermath of the damage caused to the congress and other government buildings in brasilia is becoming apparent. however, it seems that no one was seriously injured. some supporters of president lula have sugg