this is al-jazeera and these are the top stories. 7 of. 7 supporters of president s former president louise inacio lula da silva celebrating his conviction on corruption charges has been an elder by a supreme court judge meaning he can now run for next year s election he s one of the most popular left wing politicians there monica you know kids has more from rio you can see the divisions are still on social media there were many that celebrated the decision saying that this proves that i was innocent all along and it was some political persecution under them those criticizing the decision saying that it shows that corruption must still at large and the president also not or should stay in power to fight it because he would run with this slogan in your campaign. so the headlines the senegalese opposition leader this month on clothes calling for large peaceful protests he addressed supporters after being charged with rape and then released on bail some has arrest triggered the