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World Service,08 Oct 2018,26 mins

Jair Bolsonaro Wins First Round of Brazil Election

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Jair Bolsonaro is the favourite into the second round of Brazil's presidential election. The BBC's Julia Carneiro gives us the latest on the country's reaction and what happens now. Also in the programme, the UN has released its starkest warning yet about the dangers posed by rising global temperatures. Dr. Ruth Valerio of the UK relief and development agency Tearfund explains what might happen if global temperature rises are not kept below two degrees celsius. Pakistan's foreign minister has asked the IMF for a bailout, we'll hear from Nadeem Haque, former deputy chairman of Pakistan's Planning Commission and a former IMF senior resident representative. Dira Sugandi is one of the biggest singing stars in Indonesia and discusses how the music business operates in her country. Plus our regular workplace commentator Alison Green considers how best to get your boss or co-worker to stop or start doing things that would make your office hours more bearable. (Picture: Jair Bolsonaro. Picture credit: Getty Images.)

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