
Brazil Elections: Bolsonaro Won't Soften Far-Right Rhetoric
Jair Bolsonaro faces left-wing candidate Fernando Haddad in the second round of voting.
Brazil's controversial far-right presidential candidate, Jair Bolsonaro, is planning to widen his appeal ahead of the second round of voting. He has promised to tackle the country's record crime rates but says he won't tone down his divisive rhetoric.
Also in the programme: A Spanish doctor has been found guilty of the theft of babies during the Franco dictatorship. And President Erdogan of Turkey says Saudi Arabia must prove the journalist Jamal Khashoggi wasn't murdered in its Istanbul consulate. We hear what Mr Khashoggi told Newshour just days before he vanished.
(Photo: Brazil's right-wing presidential candidate for the Social Liberal Party (PSL) Jair Bolsonaro gestures in front of the Brazilian flag Credit: MAURO PIMENTEL/AFP/Getty Images)
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