budget that sparked turmoil on the financial markets and insists they ll be no u turn on axeing the top rate of income tax. i do stand by the package we announced and i stand by the fact that we announced it quickly, because we had to act. but i do accept we should have laid the ground better. i do accept that. up for hours to cast their votes in one of the most polarised presidential elections in decades. the right wing incumbent, jair bolsonaro, has been trying to fight off a strong challenge from his socialist rival, luiz inacio lula da silva. if neither candidate wins more than 50% of valid votes, there will be a run off election in four weeks time. we can go now to laura trevelyan in rio dejaneiro. thanks very much indeed, celia. this is the world s fourth biggest democracy. brazil is the largest economy in latin america, the amazon rainforest here is known as the lungs of the world, there is so much at stake in this election for brazilians and for the world and 156 mil
mr schumer, the us s highest ranking jewish elected official, released his own statement thursday saying he has clear and profund disagreements with the prime minister. but because america s relationship with israel is ironclad and transcends one person or prime minister ijoined the request for him to speak. the announcement comes as the us urged israel to publicly name the 20 to 30 hamas fighters it said it targeted in a deadly air raid on a united nations school in gaza. hospital medics said at least 37 people were killed in the strike on thursday. while israel often releases the names of hamas fighters it says it has targeted, it is rare for the us to publicly say it expects full transparency. israel s military said it conducted a precise strike on a hamas compound in the school and that it killed many of the 20 to 30 fighters it believes were inside. but gaza s hamas run government says 14 children and nine women are among the dead. our middle east correspondent lucy
backed down in ukraine that all of europe would be threatened and the illegal russian aggression as he put it cannot go unchecked, do you agree? i agree with him and to be honest with you i am not often in agreed with president biden but he spot on in this case. the united states has to support europe. we have treaty obligations, not only the one with nato but individual countries and we have friendships and alliances that go back decades and we have i believe a moral obligation. unfortunately in washington, dc the words moral obligation don t carry as much weight as they used to but for some of they used to but for some of the sea in the united states, we believe that if you shake hands with somebody and so you will support them, you must do it, underall will support them, you must do it, under all circumstances so i m very hopeful that no matter who becomes the elected president of the us that the
he looked after two brazilians, he says he thinks wants things to return to normal, he was to stop deforestation of the amazon, but under all of it, celia, deforestation of the amazon, but underall of it, celia, is deforestation of the amazon, but under all of it, celia, is this sense that this is the most important election in brazil since the country stopped being a military dictatorship in the 19805. is democracy here in brazil safe? this is the world for mac fourth largest democracy, the biggest economy in latin america, a hugely significant country, so much riding on this country, so much riding on this country with less than 1% of the vote counted, of course we will bring you all of the results when we have them, celia. we are tracking the votes on the bbc news website so you can track the votes there. don t forget you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter i m @celiahatton. to write to me. that is all from us for now.