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the funeral procession drove through santos before dawn, with large crowds lining the roadsides and setting off fireworks. president lula of brazil is expected to attend the wake, his first engagement since he regained the presidency on sunday. pele died last thursday aged 82. with me in the studio is nathalia passarinho from bbc brazil. thank you forjoining us. brazilians have needed something to unite them over the last few months, not least after that rather painful and divisive presidential contest. it must be hard to find a brazilian who isn t feeling the emotion of pele s death. , , ., , ., death. definitely. pele was a national icon, death. definitely. pele was a national icon, a death. definitely. pele was a national icon, a legend, - death. definitely. pele was a national icon, a legend, the| national icon, a legend, the so called king of football. he s one of those figures that in a way united people from different parts of the political spectrum. and as you said, brazil
nathalia passarinho tell us that lovely story. bear with us on bbc news. we will be back but we ll leave you with pictures of the stadium of santos. you re watching world news from the bbc. it was a cold and frosty start for northern parts of the country this morning but today arguably the best day of the week, the winds are lighter, there is more dry weather around, more sunshine, but it is a bit colder. this was the window in between the cloud that we are in today, that was the cloud that gave the rain overnight tonight but if you look into the atlantic this is what s coming our way once again, more cloud on the way, later tonight and tomorrow these weather fronts will bring rain on our way but also introduce some higher temperatures. milder air on the way tomorrow despite the fact we have more cloud and some rain around. ahead of that rain, temperatures will be falling quite quickly during this evening. it s been quite cold through much of
in the middle of the pitch for fans and dignitaries to pay their respects ahead of a private family burial on tuesday. the funeral procession drove through santos before dawn, with large crowds lining the roadsides and setting off fireworks. president lula of brazil is expected to attend the wake, his first engagement since he regained the presidency on sunday. he recalled seeing him play when he was a young man. pele died last thursday aged 82. earlier i was joined by nathalia passarinho from bbc brazil and began by asking her about the emotions for the people of brazil around pele s death. pele was a national icon, a legend, the so called king of football. he s one of those figures that in a way united people from different parts of the political spectrum. and as you said, brazil is very polarised right now. it comes from a very difficult