crossed over recently. the uk prime minister, rishi sunak, says the government will discuss a pay deal that s affordable with the nurses union to settle strikes. that s welcomed by the biggest nursing union as a chink of optimism . there ve been emotional reunions at airports in china after the country fully reopened its borders for the first time since the start of the pandemic, nearly three years ago. hello and welcome, thank you for joining us. thousands of supporters of the former brazilian president, jair bolsonaro, have stormed the country s national congress in brasilia. in scenes reminiscent of the attack on the us congress in washington two years ago, demonstrators wrapped in the brazilian flag quickly overwhelmed police and entered the complex. some have reached the senate chamber, where theyjumped onto seats and desks. protesters have also invaded the presidential palace and supreme court. mr bolsonaro lost the october election to the socialist, luis inacio lul
well, it is interesting because we have heard from some bolsonaro allies, or at least previous bolsonaro allies, but this does not represent the, that the protest is not what they have in mind and it might actually offer quite a good opportunity for lula as an incoming president, he can basically have all of the parties in congress together condemning what happened today and potentially banding around, behind him and giving him some support for the start of his term. i don t think this looks good at all for these bolsonaro supporters, especially the bolsonaro supporters, especially the bolsonaro supporters, especially the bolsonaro supporters involved in these events. there is likely to be a major criminal repercussions for them and yes, it could even work to lula s favour, but that is what we are going to have to see over the next days and weeks because things are still very fast moving here at the remote. are still very fast moving here at the remote- the remote. yes, things are cer
people who do not want to see him, we want to see him back in prison and not in the presidential palace and not in the presidential palace and there are strong protesters who he has to contend with and that is just what we are seeing in brasilia, but shows the deep divide here in brazil and the huge challenge that lula has to try and win these people over and prove that he is a leader and a leader to everybody and i think that is going to be the ultimate challenge for lula because this is such a divided country. find this is such a divided country. and we continue this is such a divided country. and we continue to this is such a divided country. and we continue to watch those events. thank you very much, katy watson, forjoining us and bringing in some of that detail. we appreciate you joining us. joining me now is our washington correspondent, david willis. david, the comparisons are very difficult to miss between what happened in washington where you are two years ago and what is
is interesting because of president has been sworn in. yes, it is interesting because of course - president has been sworn in. yes, it is interesting because of course the | is interesting because of course the comparisons with the january six capitol riots in the us are obviously there, but this is hugely different. i mean, there is no direct objective to try to stop lula from taking power because he already has taken power and also today is a sunday and congress and the supreme court are all in recess at the moment, so they are not working, the buildings are largely empty. so, you know, there is. the motivation of this kind of attack is quite strange, especially considering the negative repercussions that this is going to have, not only in brazil, but around the world, i think. find but around the world, i think. and jair bolsonaro. but around the world, i think. and jair bolsonaro, i but around the world, i think. and jair bolsonaro, i understand, is in florida. what role is he
actually happened today. can you walk us through the events? well, a lot of the scenes walk us through the events? well, a lot of the scenes we walk us through the events? well, a lot of the scenes we have walk us through the events? well, a lot of the scenes we have been - lot of the scenes we have been seeing coming out of brasilia are very reminiscent of what we saw on january the 6th in the us capitol. jair bolsonaro is a man whose nickname is trump of the tropics. for many people, this is seen as straight out of the trump playbook. there were scenes of the crowds pulling a mounted policeman off his horse, windows and doors being broken to access congress, tear gas being fired. i mean, scenes of chaos and scenes that many people feared would happen, ever since lula won the elections in october. but yet never actually came to pass and i think that is what is so worrying about the events we have seen. we sawjust about the events we have seen. we saw just a week about the events