the crisis continues at the overflowing uk migrant centre. an asylum seeker says the conditions are like those of a prison camp. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7am in the morning in singapore and 8pm at night in brazil, where the far right president jair bolsonaro has finally broken his silence after being defeated in sunday s election. he didn t mentioned his rival, luis inacio lula da silva, who won the vote by a narrow margin. and there was no acknowledgement of defeat. but he did not contest the result either. it follows two days of protest from his supporters, where truck drivers blocked roads in all but two states, causing widespread disruption. let s take a listen to what he had to say. translation: i want to start by thanking the 58 million - brazilians who voted for me on october 30. the current popular movement are the result of indignation and a feeling of injustice on how the electoral process took place. peaceful demonstra
hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. italians have just one hour left to vote in a general election that could see the country choose its most right wing government since the second world war and pave the way for giorgia meloni to become italy s first woman prime minister. a right wing alliance led by her brothers of italy party appeared set for a clear victory when the last opinion polls were published two weeks ago. let s cross live now to rome and mark lowen. thank you very much indeed. the last hour of voting before polls close and an exit poll will come out which will suggest whether or not she has done it, all the opinion polls up until the election suggested giorgia meloni was absolutely in first place, a leading contender to win this election with her right wing coalition poised to take power. she has the largest party in the coalition could therefore become italy s first female prime minister and its first far right leader since mussoli
in western india. and how the rock band coldplay is offering its support to protesters in iran. it s official the left of centre politician, luis inacio lula da silva commonly known as lula, has won brazil s presidential election snatching victory by a tiny margin from the rightwing incumbant, jair bolsanaro, who had an early lead as the first votes came in. the final tally was just 50.8 percent to lula. these are live images from brazil. crowds of mr lula s supporters have been celebrating in the streets. this represents an amazing comeback for the former president, who three years ago, was serving a prison sentence for corruption his conviction was later overturned. but the contest reflected how deeply polarised brazil is. mr lula spoke after the win was announced. translation: i have faith in god that with the help l of the people we will find a way out so this country may live again democratically, harmoniously, and we can even re establish peace between families.
have to stop. and with the us midterm elections are only days away, we visit president biden s home town and measure the political mood. although to come in the cellar. first of all, we take you to brazil. supporters of brazil s left wing president elect, luis inacio lula da silva, have been celebrating his narrow election victory over jair bolsonaro who has yet to concede. the final tally was just 50.8% to lula. large crowds of people have been dancing, chanting lula s name and setting off fireworks. this represents an amazing comeback for the former president, who three years ago, was serving a prison sentence for corruption his conviction was later overturned. but the contest reflected how deeply polarised brazil is. mr lula spoke after the win was announced. translation: i have faith in god that with the help l of the people we will find a way out so this country may live again democratically, harmoniously, and we can even re establish peace between families. today, w