all stages of the election will be concluded by friday 28th of october. who might find themselves moving in here a week tomorrow? after what s happened to liz truss, you might imagine it could give some second thoughts. poisoned chalice it might be, but prized it still is, and tonight, the race is under way. chris mason, bbc news, at westminster. sheri berman is politics professor at barnard college at columbia university. shejoins me now from pittsburgh. thank you very much will being with us. quite the drama in the uk, how is it being viewed in the united states? i uk, how is it being viewed in the united states? uk, how is it being viewed in the united states? i would say with a combination the united states? i would say with a combination of - with a combination of bemusement and puzzlement. bemusement at how such a chaotic situation could arise,
is up, but allies say she can ride this crisis out despite the turmoil lapping at downing street s door. ben wright, bbc news. we re a few hours away from the start of a new week of trading on the international markets which could give some clue as to whether the new chancellor s words today have soothed market nerves. earlier we heard from tim bale who s politics professor at queen mary university in london. he says if the markets are noit heading in a positive direction for the uk, the pressure on liz truss will almost become too much for downing street to bear. i think her leadership is in the balance, the markets and what happens to them on monday is important, if they have not been reassured byjeremy hunt being appointed and by some of the u turns he has signalled, i think she is in a whole heap of trouble, she is in trouble anyway because her mps are looking at those terrible opinion poll results we have had recently, and quite honestly they know they can t win an election unde
but clearly that didn t get through to the most important part of society. these elections were seen as the most important since brazil returned to democracy in the 1980s. 11 candidates were running, but only two were realistic options. a leftist former leader with a legacy of corruption, or a far right president criticised for his democratic record. for his democratic record. two political foes now going head to head to lead latin america s biggest nation. there s concern this race could also get violent. katy watson, bbc news, in sao paolo. lula and bolsonaro will be fighting for the 7% of votes cast for the candidates who came third and fourth and are now out of the race. together they earned about 8.5 million votes and haven t said yet who ll they ll endorse. in what looks like an increasingly tight race, these votes are crucial as a politics professor in sao paulo explains.
it s the first mobilisation of russian civilians since world war ii. russia has been losing ground in eastern ukraine in recent weeks as ukrainian troops recapture some parts. in his televised address, mr putin accused the west of occupying ukraine and engaging in nuclear blackmail. and he again warned he d use all means to protect russia including nuclear weapons. steve fish is politics professor at the university of california, berkeley. thank you forjoining us once again. let s talk about these protests going on in russia, extremely brave on the part of those who are on the streets, protesting. but itjust goes to show the level of feeling in russia about announcement from president putin? it russia about announcement from president putin? president putin? it certainly does the sureness -
stage. i have to say, i ve covered a few of these handovers now and i think 1922 committee feels like a very long way off. i think the way things are playing out right now, it is impossible to imagine that boris johnson cannot resign, if not today, or has to be in the very near future. so we ll stick with this because we re waiting to see if the lectern basically comes out on downing street. this is the tradition and boris johnson is not a traditiontradi. if he wants to make a national address, he will go to the lectern. if that happens, then we re pretty much into that sort of final phase of his premiereship. but let s bring in a politics professor from university of london. he would have seen the letter from the newly appointed chancellor like the rest of us have. can boris johnson possibly exist in his post with a letter like that from his number two?