he holds up to the podium. i think he might be. let s listen in. still making his way to the stage here. the state of pennsylvania on a knife edge and very significant is this race for the congress, the race has tightened in favour of the republican. after the democratic candidate suffered a stroke in may. and as she struggled at times during recent televised debates with doctor. stay with us on bbc world news. donald trump there responding to the crowds, it must be very cold there now but they are there in droves and he does have many fervent supporters after he s strongly hinted in the past few days that he may make a bid for the presidential race in 2024 and he is considering an announcement on the 14th of november for that. and talking about backing the republican candidates for the state of pennsylvania. for the midterm elections. let s listen in. still taking his time the former president has been speaking together at a rally at the state of pennsylvania this race here
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.
Many are receiving medical attention. The fatality was 73 year old Geoffrey Kitchen, from gloucestershire in the uk. Hes believed to have suffered a heart attack. More than 30 people were injured, seven critically. There were 229 people on board the flight from london to singapore when it hit turbulence over myanmar, and experienced a rapid drop in altitude. The pilot had to make an Emergency Diversion and landed in bangkok. It was there that medical teams entered the plane, establishing that Geoffrey Kitchen had died and offering medical treatment to those who were injured. Heres one of the people who was helped by thai medical staff, explaining what had happened. Things were going very smoothly at first. Id just been to the loo, came back, sat down. Bit of turbulence and suddenly the plane plunged i dont know how far but it was, they said, 6,000 feet. It didnt seem like 6,000 feet. It didnt seem like 6,000 feet, but it was a long way. And so sudden, there was no warning at all. And i
Neighbour, azerbaijan. The Iranian Foreign minister was also killed, along with everyone else on board. The cause of the crash has not yet been established. Lets speak to our bbc persian reporter, Bahman Kalbassi in new york. Hejoins us now he joins us now from hejoins us now from new he joins us now from new york. Good to see you. Talk us through then today, whats happening and when . The through then today, whats happening and when . The body of mr president happening and when . The body of mr president raisi happening and when . The body of mr president raisi and happening and when . The body of mr president raisi and foreign mr president raisi and Foreign Minister and others in the team are first inter breeze, in North Western iran and going to take iran and then to the city of gone, religious city and then to the northeast of iran where he will finally be buried, we had been established his power before entering the office of presidency. So, so its a sort of central religious city
Of this morning, 4 million women in this state woke up with fewer reproductive freedoms than they had last night. This is the new reality under a trump abortion ban. Starting this morning, medical professionals like this doctor could be sent to prison for up to five years for providing reproductive care, even earlier in pregnancy. Reality under a trump abortion ban. Starting this morning, women in florida became subject to an abortion ban sub extreme, it applies before many women even know they are pregnant. Which, by the way, tells us the extremists who wrote this ban either dont know how a womans body works or they simply dont care. Trump says he wants to leave abortion up to the states, he says, up to the states. All right. So heres how that works out. Today, one in three women of reproductive age live in a state with a trump abortion ban. Many with no exception for rape or incest. Now, on that topic, as many of you know, i started my career as a prosecutor, specialising in crimes a