relations lawyer. also this afternoon. there were more excess deaths than usual in the uk last year. the highest number outside the covid pandemic in half a century. some shops open at midnight to meet demand for prince harry s heavily trailed autobiography, which is now on sale. and a setback, not a roadblock. the team behind a uk space mission which failed to launch say they will keep on trying. and this picture has been causing something of a stir on social media today, because someone or something is missing. we will be revealing all. good afternoon. in the last few minutes, the government has been introducing draft legislation to limit future industrial action in the public sector. the bill would cover health, fire and railway workers. ministers say it would introduce a minimum level of service. unions have reacted angrily to the proposals, which they say potentially are undemocratic and unworkable, and would limit the right to strike. the business secretary grant shapps
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
on a crisis that is deepening by the day for borisjohnson. also this lunchtime: police in the us state of illinois have arrested a 22 year old man suspected of opening fire at an independence day parade near chicago, killing six people. eight months of rain in four days 50,000 sydney residents are told to evacuate their homes as flooding worsens. in wales, children as young as 11 in care are still being placed in b&bs and hostels despite government pledges to stop the practice. i was just there, an excess piece. my mum didn t want me and now my grandparents can t look after me and now my foster carers don t want me and the state doesn t know what it wants to do with me. what. what s the point? and england pull off a record breaking victory in the fifth test against india. and coming up in the sport later in the hour on the bbc news channel: it s the first of the quarterfinals at wimbledon, with the british number one cameron norrie looking to make the most of home support a
rising violence over the last few years, since a covert pandemic in 2020 two gangs operating out of prisons took advantage of the states been weaker at the time. drug cartels gaining influence in ecuador have also fuelled rising violence as has. this is now the number one issue the country faces and certainly tonight there is still fear on the streets, particularly in guayaquil, which has seen the country s highest rate of homicide in the last year too. ione wells reporting there. the us now says it s extremely concerned by the violence in ecuador. a state department spokesperson says the united states is monitoring the situation closely, adding that: we condemn these brazen attacks. we are coordinating closely with president noboa and the ecuadorian government and stand ready to provide assistance. let s go live to pascal fletcher with bbc monitoring. thank you for being here. it sounds like an extraordinary situation. what more do we know