has just lost access to a presidential ballot in a second statech the secretary state from maine ruled that, quote, donald j. trump is not qualified to hold the office of president under section 3 of the 14th enent. it bars people who have engaged ipinsurrection from holding office. quote, the events of january 6, 2021, were unprecedented and tragic. an the evidence here demonstrates that t occurred at the behest of and with the knowledge and support of the outgoing psint. she adds, quote, i am mindful that no secretary of state has ever deprived a presidential candidate of ballot access based on section 3 of the 14th amendment. i am also mindful, however, that no presidential candidate has ever before engaged in insurrection. the main ruling comes just after a week before the colorado state supreme court reached the same conclusion, barring frump from the ballot there. for now, though, trump remains on the ballot in both states as the maine secretary stayed her decision pend
when the many legal troubles facing donald trump will come to a head, tonight the ex president has just lost access to the presidential ballot in a second state. secretary of state from maine ruled that, quote, donald j trump is not qualifi to hold the office of president under section three of the 14th amendment. which bars people who have engaged in insurrection from holding office. quote, the events of january 6th, 2021, where unprecedented and tragic. and the evidce here demonstrates that they occurred at the behest of and with the knowledge and support of the outgoing president. she adds, quote, i am mindful that no secretary of state has ever deprived presidential candidate of ballot access based on section three of the 14th amendment. i am also mindful however that no presidential candidate has ever before engaged in insurrection. the main ruling comes just about a week before the colorado state supreme court reached the same conclusion. bayard trump from the ballot. t
on large scale protests. 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. brazil s new president, the veteran left wing politician, luiz inacio lula da silva has vowed to make his country a great environmental power . he was speaking at his inauguration ceremony in the capital, brasilia. large crowds gathered on the streets to watch lula s cavalcade travel to the event which followed a narrow election victory in october over the far right leader, jair bolsonaro. mr bolsonaro who refused to accept defeat, boycotted the inauguration and is in florida. this is the scene live in the capital brasilia. this is someone speaking at the moment this is someone speaking at the moment and there is the new president of brazil lula as he is more president of brazil lula as he is more commonly referred to, who won that very more commonly referred to, who won that very very tig
a warm 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 . he was speaking at his inauguration ceremony in the capital, brasilia. large crowds gathered on the streets to watch lula s cavalcade travel to the event which followed a narrow election victory in october over the far right leader, jair bolsonaro. mr bolsonaro, who refused to accept defeat, boycotted the inauguration and is in florida. let s have a look at some of the live images we ve been monitoring throughout the day as this official inauguration ceremony has been taking place. luiz inacio lula da silva taking a third term as brazil s president, and he has promised during his formal part of the ceremony, he promised to fight for the poor and for the environment and to rebuild the country after the previous term of jair bolsonaro and his very divisive administration. luis da silva narrowly won in a very