Britain s prince harry says he never intended to hurt his father or brother by writing a memoir, and talks about his mother s funeral. the decision was made for both of us to walk behind our mother s coffin, and.there was absolutely no way that i would let him do that by himself. there was absolutely no way that he would let me do that by myself, if it was role reversal. hello and welcome to bbc world news. 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 reached the senate chamber, where theyjumped onto seats and desks. protesters have also
Other protestors have invaded the presidential palace, supreme court and some ministry buildings. senior politicians in brazil have denounced the actions of bolsonaro s supporters. the brazilian senator randolfe rodrigues tweeted, saying. the president of brazil s national congress, rodrigo pacheco, said. the governor of brasilia s federal district, ibaneis rocha, said on twitter.
This is bbc world news. our top stories. thousands of supporters of the former president of brazil, jair bolsonaro, have stormed the country s national congress in brasilia. president lula, who s currently out of the capital, said everyone involved in the riots will be found and punished. world leaders have condemned the storming, with france for offering the brazilian leader their unwavering support. president biden has arrived in texas to visit the us border with mexico for the first time since taking office. 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.
Worth pointing out is this is notjust about people who are angry thatjair bolsonaro lost. they are angry that lula won. yes, it was a very close race. lula won just over half of the votes, so just under half of those people who voted did not want lula back in any way, they see him as a corrupt politician who has spent time in jail. those charges have been annulled, but that isn t something that will convince the people who do not want to see him, who want to see him back in prison 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, that 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. and we continue to watch those events.
And brazil s minister of planning, simone tebet, who serves in lula s cabinet said. earlier i spoke to our south america correspondent katy watson who walked us through the events of today. well, a lot of the scenes we have been seeing coming out of brasilia are very reminiscent of what we saw on january 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