To her death as parts of england get a months worth of rainfall in a single day, with warnings of more floods to come. Hello and welcome to bbc world news. The former brazilian president , Luiz Inacio Lula da silva, has been released from prison after a year and a half behind bars. He was greeted by a crowd of his supporters outside the Police Station in the Southern City of curitiba where he had been held. His release comes after Brazils Supreme Court overturned a requirement that convicted criminals go to jail whilst their appeals are heard. Heres some of what he said to his supporters earlier. Translation i cannot tell you the importance of me being here with you. Spending a lifetime talking to the brazilian people, i never thought that today i could be here talking to men and women who for 580 days shouted good morning, lula or good night to me, no matter whether it was raining or iii good night to me, no matter whether it was raining or 14 degrees centigrade or even 0dc. You were
Hello and welcome to bbc news. The former brazilian president , Luiz Inacio Lula da silva, has been released from prison after a year and a half behind bars. He was greeted by a crowd of supporters outside the Police Station in the Southern City of curitiba where he had been held. His release comes after Brazils Supreme Court ruled that convicted criminals should not go to jail while their appeals are heard. Katy watson reports from the former president s traditional heartland of sao paulo. These people had been chanting free lula, king to witness what has been an extraordinary day for brazilian politics. Translation i cannot tell you the importance of me being here with you. After spending a lifetime talking to the brazilian people, i never thought that today the they could be here talking to men and women who for 580 days shouted good morning, lula. More good night, lula. You were the source of democracy that i needed. For supporters, this is vindication. In their eyes it has been a
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Rebellion and saudi arabias crown prince is due to arrive in south korea shortly its his 1st trip abroad since a u. N. Official accused him of involvement in Jamal Khashoggi matter. Jarryd has launched a 50000000000. 00 formula for peace between israelis and palestinians the us president s son in law and Senior Adviser opened a conference in bahrain on Palestinian Economic Development part of a wider initiative to end decades of conflict on a simulated still have already rejected the plan and are boycotting the gathering razi in jordan outlines what jad cushman has announced. Business leaders and government officials are in mahna mahna to discuss the us his latest effort to resolve the Israeli Palestinian conflict a 50000000000. 00 economic overhaul for the Palestinian People and the region the us president s son in law has been working on this plan which relies on both private and public funding since 2017 this effort is better refer to as the opportunity of the century if leadership
Documentary presented here at Sundance King in the , wilderness. , morefelt many ways predictable outcome because in the north, the racial hypocrisy was very subverted. It gave the of karens of being appearance of nothing like the south. The south was the center of all evil and the north was a place of the higher experience. King said, that is not the case. They make a we will speak with the team behind king in the wilderness, including Pulitzer Prize winning Historian Taylor Branch, filmmaker Peter Kunhardt, and writer trey ellis. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. We are broadcasting from park city, utah. Longtime usa Gymnastics Team doctor larry nassar has been sentenced to up to 175 years in prison for sexually assaulting and abusing more than 100 young female athletes, including olympic gold medalists, under the guise of providing medical treatment. This is michigan judge rosemarie aquilina. I need