crossed over recently. some breaking news. a hearing that thousands of supporters of the former president of brazil have stormed the country s national congress in brasilia. they have clashed with police used tear gas and an attempt propel them. the right wing former leader lost the last presidential election to a socialist opponent who was sworn in last week. the supporters are calling for military intervention and the owners resignation of the reader. footage circulating online shows angry protesters wrapped in the national flag with police erecting barriers around the building. we ll bring you more on that when we have it. china has reopened its borders to international visitors for the first time since the start of the pandemic. people entering the country will no longer need to quarantine but will need to provide proof of a negative covid test, and chinese citizens are once again allowed to go overseas. there have been emotional reunions at airports and the mainland s bo
much, sophie. in texas where we expect present biden to make his first visit as head of state. an estimated 3000 people have gathered in london s trafalgar square in solidarity with anti government demonstrations in iran. some held banners with the faces of protesters killed by the regime. it follows international condemnation over the executions in iran of two anti government protestors convicted of killing a security official in what human rights groups have decribed as sham trials. today also marks three years since the shooting down of a passengerjet flight over tehran. earlier our bbc persian reporter maryam afshang gave us this update. this protest was about on the third anniversary of the downing of the ukrainian plane by two irgc missiles. that 176 passengers and crew were killed. and hamid ismail, the spokesperson of the families of the victims of this flight, called for rallies