at a halloween event in seoul. music plays. 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 right wing incumbent, jair bolsonaro, who had an early lead as the first votes came in. the final tally was just 50.8% 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 b
uncertainty building on whether house speaker nancy pelosi will visit taiwan during her visit to asia. we ll have a live report from beijing. plus political chaos in iraq as protests in baghdad force sessions of parliament to be suspended. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. it s 5:00 a.m. in eastern kentucky. an area that has already severed through days of heart break and anguish after massive flash floods is waking up this morning to more dreaded news, more heavy rain is on the way. a flood watch is now in effect and that s raising concerns about the ongoing search and rescue operations. at least 25 people have been killed, and that number includes four children, all from the same family. their aunt telling us they were siblings between 2 and 8 years old. neighbors say the parents tried to hold on to them, but the young children were swept away. there was a house there, and this trailer with this family of six, and it just washed them
across the country. and democrats in a race against the recess, trying to pass president biden s key agenda items with the midterm elections looming. how much can congress get done? we re grateful that you are starting your week with us, bright and early this sunday, july 31st. good morning, sarah. good morning to you, boris. great to be with you. we begin today with an update to the ongoing weather emergency in kentucky. the death toll there continues to rise as search and rescue crews make their way through flooded areas and we are expecting yet another round of heavy rain and flash flooding today. at least 25 people are confirmed dead. it is still hard to get the exact number of missing with one local mayor calling the death toll only the tip of the ic iceberg. complicating the response, rushing waters washed away roads and destroyed bridges making search and rescue efforts all the more difficult. i m worried we re going to be finding bodies for weeks to come.
the sheriff will testify monday. meantime, police in japan say, the man accused of assassinating shinzo abe had a stash of weapons in his home. a number of homemade pistols made out of pipe and adhesive tape. he had, also considered, using explosives. new details on what might have motivated the attack. and a scramble to save yosemite s ancient sequoias, as wildfires close in. i m standing right in front of the grizzly giant with a speaker system set up around it. i m pamela brown in washington. you are living the cnn newsroom. we begin this hour with the congressional investigation into the attack on the capitol and what could be a new start with this for the january 6th committee. steve bannon, former trusted advisor to donald trump now says, he will testify, and he wants to do so publicly.his offer comes as he faces trial next week on criminal contempt charges for defying a congressional subpoena. bannon had argued he wasn t allowed to cooperate because trump
donald trump calls for the immediate release of the warrant that allowed fbi agents to search his florida home earlier this week. the shortlist is announced for hosting next year s eurovision song contest 7 uk cities are in the running. and coming up later in the hour doesjordan peele get a yes from the critics for his new film nope? find out in the film review at 5.45. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news channel. a drought has been declared across more than half of england, after the driestjuly on record in some areas of the country. it means water companies can impose stricter measures over how we use water at home and at work. a drought is defined by a lack of water due to extreme weather that has been built up over time. the four stages are normal , prolonged dry weather , will drought and severe drought . eight areas have been moved to the third stage including devon and cornwall, solent and south downs, kent and south london, herts and north london.