britain s prince harry says he never intended to hurt his father or brother by writing a memoir, and talks about his mother s funeral. the decision was made for both of us to walk behind our mother s coffin, and.there was absolutely no way that i would let him do that by himself. there was absolutely no way that he would let me do that by myself, if it was role reversal. hello and welcome to bbc world news. thousands of supporters of the former brazilian president, jair bolsonaro, have stormed the country s national congress in brasilia. in scenes reminiscent of the attack on the us congress in washington two years ago, demonstrators wrapped in the brazilian flag quickly overwhelmed police and entered the complex. some reached the senate chamber, where theyjumped onto seats and desks. protesters have also invaded the presidential palace and supreme court. mr bolsonaro lost the october election to the socialist, luis inacio lula da silva, who was sworn in last week. mr bolsona
Disregard for democratic principles. we have also had some strong reaction from europe, from the eu, from, i am so sorry, that is the wrong piece of paper, from the european council president, michel, who wrote on twitter, pledging his full support for resident lula and the democratically elected government there, and support as well from president macron of france and from the president of argentina, alberto fernandez, who has called on the region tonight against what he called anti democratic mob attacks in brazil. so you get the impression there that there is a lot of universal condemnation from several continents for what is going down in brazil at the moment. brazil at the moment. surrounded condemnation brazil at the moment. surrounded condemnation from brazil at the moment. surrounded condemnation from all
Protests, so it is quite hard to keep up with and know exactly who is behind it, but i m sure all of that will be investigated in the coming weeks and months because this is just caused such a massive scandal in brazil and of course something has to be done. ewa n ewan marshall euan marshall is editor of the brazilian report. reaction has also been coming in from the united states, which has just marked the second anniversary of the january the 6th attack on the us capitol. president biden has called the situation in brazil outrageous , and secretary of state antony blinken tweeted. and expressed support for president lula da silva. joining me now from washington is our correspondent, david willis. david, it seems like this something that the united states definitely had respond to? that the united states definitely had resond to? , . .,
That was katy watson bringing us that useful content from sao paulo. a short time ago i spoke tojournalist euan marshall in san paulo. he is the editor of the brazilian report and he told me while today s events, on a sunday when many of the government buildings are empty, came as a surprise, it wasn t entirely unexpected. it is somewhat of a surprise, i think, just for the way that it happened today, it seemed quite all of a sudden, but the idea that there is some sort of violent storming of government buildings of brasilia has been on the cards for quite awhile now. there have been open threats made pro bolsonaro activists that they would want to do exactly that, which means that, you know, it adds to the surprise today in terms of the police presence that we saw at brasilia just really didn t seem to be the police presence of a capital that potentially expected something like this to happen. there was hardly any law enforcement on the street, the police barricades were easily
Invaded the presidential palace and supreme court. mr bolsonaro lost the october election to the socialist, luis inacio lula da silva, who was sworn in last week. mr bolsonaro s supporters have been calling for military intervention and the resignation of mr lula da silva. in the past hour, the brazilian president has condemned the invasion by what he called fascist fanatics . mr lula is in sao paulo. here s more of what mr lula said. translation: we think there was a lack of security translation: we think there was a lack of security and translation: we think there was a lack of security and i translation: we think there was a lack of security and i wanted - translation: we think there was a lack of security and i wanted to - lack of security and i wanted to tell you that all those people who did this will be found and punished. they will realise that democracy guarantees the right to freedom and free speech, but it also demands that people respect the institutions created to s