countdown to britain s first ever space launch. we are going to be live in cornwall, where the mission is taking off. let s start in brazil. security forces there have detained over 1,000 people after supporters of the former president jair bolsonaro stormed government buildings. this was the scene in brasilia the capital on sunday. thousands of demonstrators were involved. in the last few hours, brazilian authorities have issued a statement branding the riots terrorist acts of vandalism by criminals and coup plotters . and we ve also heard from brazil s president lula. translation: all those people who did this will be found and punished. they will realise that democracy guarantees the right to freedom and free speech, but it also demands that people respect the institutions created to strengthen democracy. let s take a step back and look at how we got here. in october last year, we saw a bitter electoral campaign between the incumbent jair bolsonaro and lula. and lul
and of the government of brasilia, the capital of brazil, and that resulted in that. we can still say that is a minority, but it s still a very engaged, a very mobilised minority, which led to this massive disruption of the capital. former presidentjair bolsonaro who is currently in the united states has denied instigating the unrest. he said, peaceful lawful demonstrations are part of democracy and went on to condemn the pillaging and invasions of public buildings. let s get one perspective on what responsibility he might hold. well, he probably is not responsible for the act in itself, in the sense that he didn t give an order to do that, but his government empowered . a lot of those groups that are now contesting the results . of the elections in brazil, so it s an indirect responsibility on him and his government - and many of his supporters . that are still around in brazil. have a look at this map. it shows the places targeted the national congress building, as we m