With all the ballots counted, he has 55 of the vote, beating Fernando Haddad from the left wing Workers Party. In a victory speech, mr bolsonaro said he would protect freedoms and democracy, and vowed to change the destiny of brazil. Translation we are going to offer you a dignified government that will work for all brazilians. We are a great country. And now, together, we are going to make this country, in a great nation, a free, democratic and prosperous nation. Brazil above all, god above all. Our correspondentjulia carneiro reports on the atmosphere in Rio De Janeiro as the result was announced. It is a big party here in rio, this is the beachfront avenue in front of the home where Jair Bolsonaro resides, and his supporters have been gathering here hours before the result was disclosed, already counted on his victory. And now this is the scene with bolsonaro left as the next president of brazil. Lots of people here wearing the colours of the brazilian flag, dressed in yellow and gr
Indonesias sea rch and rescue agency says that a lion air passenger flight has crashed into the sea. The boeing 737 was on a flight from the capitaljakarta to the city of Pangkal Pinang on Bangka Island, off the coast of sumatra. The plane lost contact 13 minutes after take off. Lets cross live to the region and speak to the bbcs karishma vaswani, whos in singapore. This happened in the early hours of the morning, what details do you have . In the last hour or so weve had info from the indonesian search and rescue agency, they had a press conference in jakarta, going and rescue agency, they had a press conference injakarta, going through what they know so far, at this stage as the search and rescue operation continues, authorities have said they will have more details later in they will have more details later in the day but this is what i can tell you, the passenger plane, lion air flight you, the passenger plane, lion air flight jt610 left from jakarta at 6 20am. From what we unders
To know in global news, business and sport. And do get in touch with us to tell us what you think about the stories we are covering or what you are spotting where you are. Just use bbcthebriefing. So, we begin in indonesia today. Indonesias search and rescue agency says that a lion air passenger flight has crashed into the sea. The boeing 737 was on a flight from the capitaljakarta to the city of Pangkal Pinang, on Bangka Island off the coast of sumatra. The plane lost contact 13 minutes after take off. Eliza philippidis reports. Lets go live to our Asia Business correspondent karishma vaswani. What more can you tell us about the search and rescue . Well, sally, in the last half an hour or so, from what we understand, search and rescue vessels, the indonesian authorities say, have actually reached the area where they believe is the location of the plane crash and, according to their official twitter feed, this is and, according to their official twitterfeed, this is information coming
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Of life synagogue were shot dead by a gunman. As civic and religious leaders in pittsburgh try to rally people of all faiths, theres a broader discussion over whether the president s tone, on twitter and at his rallies, adds to a National Atmosphere of hostility. The White House Press secretary is having none of it. The first thing the president did was condemned the attacks, both in pittsburgh and the pipe bombs. The first thing the media did was blame the president and make him responsible for these ridiculous acts. That is outrageous, that that would be the first reaction of so many people across this country. The only person responsible for carrying out either of these heinous acts worthy individuals who carried them out. Jane obrien is in pittsburgh for us and i spoke to her a brief time ago. Then, the president will be in pittsburgh tomorrow. Are there divisions within theJewish Community over his visit . There was a real irony here, isnt that, because his very presence to suppor