for the past few year, brazil had a trade surplus with brazil -- >> united states had a trade surplus with brazil. >> because of that president trump complains about brazil protectionism, why should we accept related to trade relationship with brazil, thu the new brazil government, should we expect more cooperation or more tariffs like those on steel and aluminum? and another one on venezuela that i know is another priority of e meeting what kind -- the meeting, what kind of cooperation are you expecting with the new government? john: the meeting with president-elect b; lsonaro came as a result of president elect trump's call on election night o congratulate president elect bolsonaro. they had an jut standing phone call, developed a personal relationship even remotely. president trump was the first foreign leader to call the president-elect so following up on this, we thought it would be useful and helpful to the united states to hear from the president-elect what his priorities are. what he's looking for in the relationship. from the perspective of the united states we see this as a

peter lavelle maybe just maybe there is some hope for yemen and globalist suffer a major defeat in brazil and much much more on this edition of crossfire. cross talking some real news i'm joined by my guest here in moscow mark sloboda he's an international affairs and security analyst we also have dimitri bob he is a political analyst with sputnik international and we have author he's the deputy dean at the department of political science at moscow state university all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate mark let me go to you first here we have announcements proclamations coming from the united states from the state department to the defense department about yemen about calling for a cease fire within thirty days get some movement on that does that story have any legs at all because the saudis and others in the region have not really officially reacted peter don't you think it's time to move on from this story obviously we're spending far more time than the western mainstream media as you keep in but that's what tha

situation that has a lot to do with brazil's history of dictatorship and the history of u.s. backed military dictatorship throughout south and that's a theme that doesn't get the mainstream. ok so. this is. a leader who has said that openly many times he supports dictatorship and he wants to turn brazil into a dictatorship he said a former congressman he said the he is an admirer of pinochet and wants to bring speed oshea neoliberal shock therapy economics to the country he says the problem with the previous brazilian us back to it or ship is that it imprison too many people and didn't kill enough we need to kill at least thirty thousand he wanted to start a civil war and kill thirty thirty thousand back in the ninety's he's torture he's all in favor of it he thinks it's great. the indigenous their parasites we have to get rid of all the native reserves and gun fifty five fifty five they got fifty five percent of the vote when thirty percent of the population didn't even vote and the principle leftist candidate who every polls agreed one of when was jailed. on politically mot

mentally what is going on in brazil and what happened with the electorate what i mean by saying that is if you look at the coverage it's basically blaming the people the way they voted it's an echo of how liberal media looks at american politics it's the deplorable fault ok i think that some a misreading of what's going on here in brazil. so we had an extreme right wing what is often described as populist i would rather refer to as fascist leader be for the most part freely elected other people fascists than. some of them are. fifty five percent thirty percent of the british brazilian electorate and they are required to vote either an old or did mark down their ballots they did not they chose not to vote and actually i think the big reading of this right you have a leftist candidate like the last few governments have been loose the silver was not allowed to run he was jailed on politically motivated corruption party by then the judge who jailed him was immediately given a position in both in our own do with administration. i think this is a failure of the liberal democrats of course

this is the real brazil here. the real bahia. >> anthony: right. >> bel: this place is the intestine of the city. they sell shrimps, and stuff here, oils and stuff. this kind of oil. we call dende. palm oil. >> anthony: oh yeah. >> bel: whatev -- however you want to call it. >> anthony: and i love the dende oil. you know, it takes some getting used to. the first time i was here, you know, you eat it, you shit like a mink for hours afterwards. but now, no problems. i've been eating this all week. lovin' it. around your fifth time in brazil you -- >> bel: you are developing resistance, man. oh! now you're as sure as good. >> anthony: aw. there you go, buddy. hope you like spicy. well it's a brazilian cat. it's gotta like spicy. >> bel: oh! [ speaking in portuguese ] >> anthony: a little -- a little cachaça? >> bel: yes! >> anthony: now that'll -- that'll set you right. >> bel: i think now you are protect from the poison. >> anthony: right. we're -- we're coming up to the world cup. and i think a lot of people are g

brazils ambassador, some are calling the trump of the tropics. the president-elect their valley to crack down on crime and correction -- corruption. i'm shannon bream in washington. we began with kristin fisher on the latest talk on the border from the president. >> with five days to go into the midterms, president trump is using his bully pulpit at the white house to threaten the thousands of migrants making their way to the u.s. border. >> they want to throw rocks in our military, our military fights back. i told them consider it a rifle. >> president trump issuing an executive order next week that would fundamentally change the u.s. asylum policy. >> the illegal aliens will no longer get a free pass in our country by launching meritless claims seeking asylum. instead, migrants seeking asylum will have to present themselves lawfully in a port of entry. >> said of catching and releasing asylum seekers, the president says they will be held in tents, possibly for years as they make their way through the asylum process. >> we putting up massive cit

during the campaign, he complained the chinese are not buying in brazil, they are buying brazil itself. >> not many indications now concerning the policy and the relationship with china is important because china has a lot of investments in brazil and it has become our most important trading partner but the difference between the china brazil relationships and the relationship china has with other countries, whenever we say something they accept. told the chinese you are not willing to bring labor, they don't, not going to buy land, they don't. these depend on us. we have to decide on the kind of policy we want to have with china and i see no reason not to continue complying with that. shannon: the world will watch how this new administration comes in, much to learn about your foreign-policy but in the meantime, thank you for coming in. nice to have you. heartbreaking news from dhs on alleged criminals in the caravan and facebook responding to claims it censored a number of pro-life campaign ads on the susan b anthony list. the group says it is not buying the explanation. chris stierwa

the stock market will think they will be able to rob freely in brazil and brazil does have enormous wealth and resources. which they will be glad to get their hands on. for the future of brazil, it's a disaster, i think. for the region, quite harmful. one of the g guests has alreready saidid, they may pull brazil out of the south american trade system ththat had been esestablished and pushed f forward, and for the world, it will also be a potential disaster. if they proceed to destroy the amazon, that is very serious. but again, that's just in line with bolton, trump, and exactly what they are doing right here. it's a counterpart to recently opening up huge areas of the west for further exploitation of fossil fuels to accelerate the race to disaster, which is not very far off. agagain, two peas in a a pod, they should get along fine. amy: during an interview with a brazilian tv program in 1999, bolsonaro said, ththrough the e vote, you will c change nothing, absolutely nothing. it will only change, unfortunately, when one day we start a civil war here and do the work the military regime di

both sonora says brazil will offer asylum to cuban health care workers who want to stay in brazil even if some take up the offer the sudden departure of others will leave brazilians in paul and remain areas without access to adopt a victory gate and be. among the top stories on al-jazeera saudi arabia seeking the death penalty for five suspects charged with the murder of journalist. as the kingdom tries to contain its biggest political crisis in a generation but the announcement was almost immediately dismissed as inadequate by turkish officials. has more from istanbul the turks are seeing this latest statements by the prosecutor general's office as moving away from completely lying too as one senior official described to me as coming to admit to hard truths in the sense that we've finally admitted that this was a murder operation that they are the ones who conducted it however fail to admit that it was premeditated in the sense that there was never any option or intention to extract such acute the filter admits that this was by order of the senior members of the saudi government so wh

. 0verall, european championship. 0ne invited team, brazil. overall, we knew that no south american team apart from brazil was good enough to win. no african, no asian team. so europe looks miles ahead of all the other continents and i hope it will be much more level again. sadio mane has been nominated for the bbc african footballer of the year award for the fourth consecutive year, highlighting his consistent levels of performance and goal scoring for both liverpool and senegal. the 26—year old was instrumental in helping jurgen klopp‘s side reach the champions league final and he continued his scoring at the world cup, as senegal were edged out at the group stage. i love scoring for my team. honestly, i love scoring for my team. this season it is motivation for us to repeat and try to work and win it. very important goals for myself because i was struggling in the moment to score goals and it cost my confidence. i thought i should shoot with my left and it was... i was happy. should shoot with my left and it was... iwas happy. i should

and in the arab world announcement that brazil's embassy in israel will be transferred to jerusalem as shaken diplomatic relations in human has more. the cuban doctors who worked at this primary health center on the outskirts of brasilia are gone than it has begun recalling more than eight thousand doctors who work in poor and remote areas throughout brazil after president elect not all described them as slaves of a communist regime. our community was used to having cuban doctors now we don't know if anyone is going to replace them on. the confrontation with cuba it's just the first step of a major shake up ahead in brazilian foreign policy. the president elect's promise to follow donald trump footsteps by relocating brazil's embassy in israel to jerusalem has outraged muslim nations. in such ways they're trying to emulate to use in the narratives that donald trump in terms of the us the main difference is the fact that brazil is not us we don't have the same power of the us. indeed brazil sells at least five billion dollars of beef to egypt to the middle east and gulf nations producer

ernesto londoÑo is "the new york times" brazil bureau cef. he joins me now via skype from rio de janeiro. so, i understand that until recently, few people thought that jair bolsonaro cbeld be electeuse he is so extreme. can you tell us a little bit him. >> jair bolsonaro is a former army captain. he has been in congress for three decades and within congress he was a pretty marginal figure. was somewhat of a provocateur known for sainyincendiary, offensive, and politically incorrect things. >> thompson: talk to me a little b more about the struggles brazil has seen in recent years? i mean what, are the things thah led to election? >> last year, brazil had a record number o hmicides. 63,000 people were killed here violently last year. that is an extraordinary figure. and it has come to really shape the way brazil thinks about their future and thinks about their options. on the other hand, much of the political elite, many of the parties that have become, you know, sort of ruling class, if you will, for the past couple of decades, bee snarlesnar

brazil has an extremely social culture. the people have been ahead of the game in terms of adopting social media. in brazil people use facebook and twitter. what they are using a lot is whatsapp. is the primus -- primary messaging forum here. election, everyone in the u.s. would be talking about it. in brazil, that would happen on private whatsapp conversations. jason: take us inside some of those conversations. anyone who is a sentiment human that tears about politics -- cares about politics, everywhere. u.s.,n: just like in the you have families that come together at thanksgiving, cousins and uncles. people are together in a forum having a conversation about to they will vote for in one of the most important elections in the country's history. a lot of brazilians ended up leaving their family groups, quite a statement, to check out entirely from your family conversation. they could not handle the and the phenomenon of this election, the fake news. we saw a dramatic spread of fake news throughout this election. carol: you

bolsonaro e symbol of changing the brazil economy and brazil society. ifou does not deliver that -- if he does not deliver that as fall as brazilians want, it be very complicated for him. katy: what is getting people nervous is jair bolsonaro's flip-flopping, announcing proposals and then going back on them, giving big ideas but little details. he wants to shake up everything here in brazil, but few people understand how he will go about it. for one who works outside the stock exchange selling guavas,bo onaro represents hope. he has been here for four yearsi after his job in construction. "god willing, things will get better next year so we can exit this crisis," he tells me. he thinks bolsonaro will be tougher and bring an end to corruption in politics once and for all. gh brazil swings to the ri many feel the future of this huge and fragile democracy hangs in the balance. but economically, expectations are high. jity watson, bbc news, sÃo paulo. : these days technology is rapidly changing the world around us, and in africa it is helping to keep crops

jair bolsonaro is a seven—term member of brazil's congress. yet in last sunday's run—off stage of the presidential election, he won convincingly as an outsider able to clean—out the stench of corruption which seems to permeate every crevice of brazil's politics. the only other really popular politician, the left of centre former president known as lula couldn't run because he's languishing injail, another one of those caught up in what was called prosaically the ? car wash? scandal. mr bolsonaro praises the military dictatorship which used to run the country, says he'll put business needs ahead of climate change, and will give police and army free rein to curb violent crime, which last year killed almost 64,000 people, some of them during the election campaign itself. the figures are staggering, even allowing for the fact that this is a large country. a shocking level of endemic violence, perhaps not so surprising people should latch onto the kind of strongman authoritarian figure when so many other politicians, the last few presidents, ha

the good news is that brazil is a very vibrant democracy. it has a congress that has impeached two presidents that have stepped out of line and has courts that have been able to bring a former president to trial and conviction. it has a media that is very disrespectful of all polticians. let's hope it continues like that but with him in power, you don't know if he has plans up his sleep to curtail freedom of open debate and the media and see what happens to his detractors in future. he is very clever in his use of social media. yes, of course. it bypasses a lot of the traditional media. i will suspend my judgment about what happens to democracy in brazil until i see how he is actually putting all his plans into action. that frightening list of intentions, but sometimes not everything which is intended which gets him into power is actually going to be put in place. but it looks a bit dubious, to use your word, about the future of democracy as well. also on the media, he has done what trump has done. talking about fake news. there have been at

both sonora says brazil will offer asylum to cuban health care workers who want to stay in brazil even if some take up the offer the sudden departure of others will leave brazilians in paul and remote areas without access to a doctor big tour a gate and be out. there with al-jazeera these are our top stories a tourism a has won the backing of her cabinet for a draft bragg's that deal struck with the european union may says as a decisive step towards a final deal agreement will now go to both the u.k. and e.u. parliaments for approval i firmly believe that the draft withdrawal agreement was the best that could be negotiated and it was for the cabinet to decide whether to move on in the choice. the choices before us were difficult particularly in relation to the northern ireland backstop but the collective decision of capital which was that the government should agree the draft withdrawal agreement and the outline political declaration this is a decisive step which enables us to move on and finalize the deal in the days ahead these decisions were not taken lightly but i believe it is a d

the main difference is the fact that brazil is not u.s. we don't have the same power of the u.s. . indeed brazil sells at least five billion dollars of beef to egypt to the middle east and gulf nations produces fear they could retaliate if the move goes ahead. has added fuel to the fire by saying palestine isn't a country and therefore shouldn't have an embassy here breaking with longstanding support for a two state solution to the palestinian israeli conflict but. brazil has always behaved as an intermediate or a not a participant in the conflict we hope it remains that way for brazil sic for its longstanding prestigious as a nation that respects international law oh but also noddle has been nicknamed the tropical donald trump is shifting from multilateralism to a strong alignment with washington this is brazil's foreign ministry its new boss will be a mid-level diplomat with no experience as. what was main characteristic is his staunch support for the us president and like and president trump the new foreign minister. of climate change which he in fact describes as marxist dogma.

and we'll tell you why cuba is withdrawing fastens of its doctors from brazil. and are there were so a fair amount of unsettled weather across the middle east at the moment if you look at the satellite picture we can see that one system is making its way in from the mediterranean there and then sweeping up northwards and that's giving us a fair amount of wintery weather as well a move that as we had three thursday we've also got another weather system further south that's making its way up from the arabian peninsula and through kuwait and into parts of iran it's a ran on thursday on friday where i think we're going to see some of the heaviest of the rains in this area and it really will be very wet they could well be some disruption here so a bit further towards the south and you can see a good deal of cloud of parts of saudi arabia also over bahrain as well there will be some wet weather at times but i think here in doha we should avoid the majority of it so that she too will be some instead a little bit more in the way of cloud should be with us on friday as t

we will unite brazil. alix: joining me is bloomberg economist for brazil. what does the election mean for the short-term and medium-term? >> short-term, it means currency tends to be stronger than before, because there is this expectation that firms will be approved. in the long-term, we expect currency to go back to the long-term average, after 60, something like that. alix: into the election, some of the soft commodities moved as the real actually strengthened, and they moved higher because of the real is stronger, farmers do not want to export, they will hold onto it until prices go higher. what does that wind up meeting going forward in terms of the commodity world, in terms of the investment business world? >> for commodities, it tends to be bullish. for businesses in brazil, we expect some deregulation going on. this probably will increase the growth in brazil, but we have to remember there are some obstacles in the middle of the way, reforms that need to be approved. alix: adriana topeka, thank you very much. let's get into the ring. colorado voters

surplus with brazil. reporter: because of that president trump complains about brazilian protectionism. what should we expect related to trade relationship when brazil, then you brazilian government? should we expect more cooperation or more tariffs like those on steel and aluminum? and another one on venezuela, i know it is another party of the -- priority of the meeting. what kind of cooperation are you expecting with the new brazilian government? will you discuss sanctions? john: the meeting with president-elect bolsonaro came as a result of president elect trump's call on election night to congratulate president elect bolsonaro. they had a really outstanding phone call, i think they developed a personal relationship, even remotely. president trump is the first foreign leader to call the president-elect of brazil, so following up on this, without it would be helpful to the united states to hear from the president-elect what his priorities are. what he's looking for in the relationship. from the perspec

both sonora says brazil will offer asylum to cuban how. co-workers who want to stay in brazil even if some take up the offer the sudden departure of all the resilience in pool and remote areas without access to a joke to victoria gate and be zero. zero again i'm fully back to go with the headlines on al-jazeera the british government minister in charge of directed negotiations has resigned dominic rob says he cannot in good conscience support the draft deal to leave the european union the u.k.'s labor party says prime minister recently has no authority left following the minister's resignation the prime minister's you to address parliament soon and faces a backlash from other m.p.'s who opposed the divorce agreement the bangladeshi government has suspended its repatriation of ranger muslims a program was supposed to start on thursday but it had no volunteers some refugees have fled the un's camps in caucasus bazaar because they were afraid of being returned forcefully to myanmar the speaker shrank a spot him and says the country does not h

in brazil, people use facebook and twitter. more than any other app, what they are using a lot, that we do not use in the u.s., is whatsapp. that is the primary messaging forum here. for the election, everyone in the u.s. would be talking about it, posting facebook -- posting on facebook about it. in brazil, that would happen on private whatsapp conversations. jason: take us inside some of those conversations. anyone who has been a human who cares about politics has been a and their family, some conversations around politics. brazil, in just in the united states, everywhere. shannon: just like in the u.s., you have families that come together at thanksgiving, cousins you have not talked to in a long time, and uncle who you do not agree with his politics. all those people are together in a forum having a conversation about who they will vote for in one of the most important elections in the country's history. you can imagine how things went. what i wrote about is that a lot of brazilians ended up leaving their family groups, qui

both scenarios says brazil will offer asylum to cuban health care workers who want to stay in brazil even if some take up the offer the sudden departure of others will leave brazilians in poor and remote areas without access to a dr victoria gate and they are a. bit corners fallen to its lowest level in more than a year the world's largest cryptocurrency dropped as much as nine percent to just over five thousand six hundred dollars traders and analysts are unclear what caused the price to fall after a period of relative stability. started discussions on the government's twenty knowing team budget which includes tax hikes spending cuts and other all star routine measures the government's trying to stave off an economic crisis with help from the international monetary fund reports that. thousands gathered outside the argentine congress on wednesday. to protest the nation's latest turn towards us terry they claim that twenty nine thousand budget has been dictated by the international monetary fund and this herding the working class in the foothills of we are upset because the budget wil

devising a new formula for brazil's foreign policy how the right wing government new alliances in sport and plan to united take a big step towards winning the title in north america is leading football. but first an emergency meeting of the u.n. security council has been hastily scheduled that's as ukraine's president accuses russia off an act of aggression during a confrontation between the russian and ukrainian navy the latest clash was in the current strait that's near the disputed region of crimea and a ukrainian navy tug was rammed several sailors. and more than twenty taken prisoners russia has impounded three tugs for entering its territorial waters without permission that's despite a treaty which guarantees freedom of navigation or the russian navy also use the tanker to block traffic through the strait it was placed under a recently opened bridge connecting crimea and russia and ships use the curch straight to supply the ukrainian industrial city of mariupol it's near that's the region where russian backed forces have been fighting the ukrainian army for the past four years sin

carol: from brazil to brexit. london is facing its own set of challenges as it scrambles to deal with quitting the european union. leadersce u.k. and eu deadlocked this spring, there has been a lot up wargaming in london. jason: with the deadline just around the corner, decades of work to build london as an international financial hub may , they evaporate. may here is ed robinson in london. >> coming into the summer and out of the summer, there were many in the city, traders and bankers, money managers who believed this was not going to happen, or if it was going to happen, there would be a cushy transition to ease into this post-brexit reality. and now with the political situation deteriorating, the uk government and brussels are deadlocked at this time, you have to scramble in the city to say not only is brexit not happening, it looks like it is going to be a no deal brexit. jason: as this starts to play out, who are the potential winners? who is going to be picking up these jobs that are going to leave london?

is notjust to brazil but the rest of the world. it is our largest remaining tract of tropical forest and it contains between one third and it contains between one third and one quarter of all is he/she is on the entire planet so it isn't out -- it is on the entire planet so it isn't out —— it is incredibly important in terms of violent diversity that also in terms of climate. when you think about the forest, it is a tremendous story of carbon. it takes carbon out of the area, from the atmosphere and stores it in the forest. as we lose the forest, we lose the ability to store carbon but also carbon is returned to the atmosphere. this increase is quite alarming but overall the trend is down on deforestation. what is behind this spike? deforestation reached its peak in the 90s and early 2000s and has fallen by about 70—75% since 2004, and it was due to forward looking forest legislation in brazil and also a falling commodities prices which made some exports less profitable. we are seeing this increase in the rate of deforestatio

we expect related to trade relationship with brazil, the new brazil government? should we expect more cooperation or more tariffs like those on fuel and aluminum and another on venezuela which is a priority of the meeting, what kind of cooperation are you expecting with the new brazilian government? are you guys going to discuss sanctions? >> the meeting with the president-elect came as a result of president trump's call on election night in brazil to congratulate the president-elect. they had a really outstanding phone call. i think developed a personal relationship remotely. president trump was the first foreign leader to call the president-elect so following up on this, we thought it would be useful and certainly very helpful to the united states to hear from the president-elect what his priorities are, what he's looking for in the relationship from the perspective of the united states. we see this as a historic opportunity for brazil and the united states to work together in a whole host of areas, economics, security, and a range of others. so i'm really look

you can you cite the canary on the coffee ism post budget class war could double sonora victory in brazil mean a return of the u.k. u.s. back to torture in the western hemisphere we speak to professor james caballero who has spent years working with some of the major nations. plus former u.k. home office minister norman baker on continued u.k. intervention in the world's worst humanitarian crisis in yemen and this week's bombing of gaza. coming up in today's show but first forty four years ago today mohammad ali was celebrating his eighth round rumble in the jungle knock out against george foreman in what is now the democratic republic of congo in those days americans arguably did more than take a knee of the game they said things like this about nato nation foreign intervention in the developing world and went to jail for it not. that all right i'm. not. going to do. your mom. your mom. you want to. you want me to go from want to buy what you want to. while britain's biggest stars have yet to turn out against to raise a maze hostile environment legacy the u.s. does of course have swapped

both sonora says brazil will offer asylum to cuban health care workers who want to stay in brazil even if some take up the offer the sudden departure of other brazilians and pull and remote areas without access to a doctor a big tour a gate and be out there. was a years since an argentine navy submarine with forty four crewmembers on board went missing in the south atlantic ocean and air and sea search of overing thirteen countries turned up nothing ceremonies are being held to one of the sailors but relatives of those who died are protesting demanding the government provide answers . fifteen years after being forced to flee the conflict in darfur some three hundred thousand sudanese refugees are returning home the sudanese government says they're coming back because security has improved but aid agencies are blaming food shortages in chad's refugee camps even morgan has met some of the returning refugees in west awful when it's the first harvest. since he returned to his farm five months ago he left fourteen years ago to escape the darfur conflict in western sudan but he says life in

also coming up tonight brazil has a president elect who is openly homophobic now that won't play well on the soccer pitch in sao paolo a new soccer league has kicked off with the message if you're gay you can play. they said i went two years without playing soccer because i couldn't find the team then i found out they were gay teams i don't want to go back into the closet because of prejudice from straight members of a team. or we begin the day on the eve of an election the likes of which modern america has never see tomorrow voters go to the polls in the two thousand and eighteen midterm elections now midterm elections tend to be the stepchild of those all important presidential elections but that tradition no along with many others in u.s. politics has little or no relevance now that donald trump is president voters may be choosing a new congress tomorrow but trump has told them in no uncertain terms this election is all about him well that is why tuesday's poll is widely seen as a referendum on donald trump's administration and not everyone is happy with his america first widesprea

still ahead, sweeping to power in brazil's election. we discussed the role social media played and what countries should take from it. plus, tech companies recoil. the debate over free speech is on the internet once again and is front and center. that is next. this is bloomberg. ♪ selina: bolsonaro marked a hard pivot the right by winning an election in brazil. he campaigned on a right-wing platform privatization, liberal gun laws, and security. his rise to power is notable, in that like president trump, it benefited greatly from social media. what's at -- whatsapp is one of the main tools used. increasingly it is also a part of politics. it was also used to spread rumors of false news. let's head to rio de janeiro. cris co-authored a report. bloomberg reporter david miller also joins us from the bureau. >> what we see is a big, big amount of misinformation going back and forth on the system. we have analyzed about 50 images, for example, and out of those 50 images we got actually to analyze, we only found that four of them were total