a historic launch from british soil of a plane with a rocket carrying satellites, but the spacecraft fails to reach orbit. and in his latest tv interviews, prince harry claims camilla the queen consort used the media to promote herself at the expense of family members. hello and welcome to the programme. we start in brazil, where there have been pro democracy demonstrations across the country after the invasion of the congress by far right supporters of the former president, jair bolsonaro. one of the biggest protests was in brazil s largest city, sao paulo where tens of thousands people came out. more than 1,500 people have been arrested, with suggestions they could be charged with terrorism. they ve been taken in buses to police headquarters to be questioned. it seems the investigation into who was behind the invasion will be a priority for the new government of president lula. police have already been dismantling the main protest camp which was set up by supporters of mr b
hello and welcome to the programme. we start with the political crisis in brazil where security forces have detained 1,500 people after supporters of the far right former president jair bolsonaro stormed government buildings in the capital brasilia. leaders around the world have condemned the riots as an attack on democracy. mr bolsonaro came to power in 2019 he s popular amongst his supporters someone they see as a champion of traditional values. but his administration was marked by controversy many saw his policies as harmful to the amazon rain forest, while others questioned his response to covid when he downplayed the effects of the pandemic. the new president left wing luiz inacio lula da silva was voted in last october. he has been president before and had served a prison sentence for corruption, a conviction that was later anulled. the close result in last october s election just 51% to 49% - highligted a divided country. from brasilia, our corresponden
just before christmas, many of us saw a glimmer of hope because kate and william and marty meghan and harry to go around the crowds in front of windsor castle, but it was the feeling that there might be a way forward that somehow harry and meghan might be able to come in from the cold, and then we have netflix documentary and the book and these two interviews, and last night was so explosive. whether it was things about quite ridiculous things, frankly, about william being jealous that harry was allowed to have a beard when he got married and william wasn t, whether it was losing rigidity, whether it was losing rigidity, whether as all that sort of stuff. how would you come back from that, uncritically the rather toxic comments about the now queen camilla, how do you ride back once those things have been said? all hope there will be some sort of resolution. i want to urge you to look at the bbc news website for more on all of our top stories,
indeed the world on his side. and thenit indeed the world on his side. and then it all changed about a quarter of the way through. 50 then it all changed about a quarter of the way through. then it all changed about a quarter of the way through. so much exposure now, the of the way through. so much exposure now. the netflix of the way through. so much exposure now, the netflix documentary - of the way through. so much exposure now, the netflix documentary the - now, the netflix documentary the interviews the book, how much of an impact you think this will have on any sort of attempt of reconciliation with the family? that is the question reconciliation with the family? trust is the question that we are all on the edge of our seats over. of course with the death of the late queen just before christmas many of us saw a glimmer of hope because course, kate and william invited meghan and harry to go around the cross in front of windsor castle, there was the feeling that there might be