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Jair Bolsonaro was Brazil's president from January 2019, until he was beaten by left-wing Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in October 2022.

Bolsonaro was swept to power amid widespread discontent with mainstream politics and disgust with a raft of corruption scandals which had tainted Lula’s Workers' Party.

The far-right former army captain had been a member of Congress for 27 years, but styled himself as an anti-establishment rebel who promised to root out corruption.

His supporters welcomed his often aggressive style as "direct" and "unfiltered", but he alienated large parts of the population with disparaging comments towards women and homophobic remarks.

During his time in office, he loosened gun laws and made long-awaited pension reforms, but was criticised for his handling of the Covid pandemic and cutting the budget of agencies tasked with protecting indigenous peoples and Brazil's diverse environment.

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There are reports Brazil’s ex-President Jair Bolsonaro is in Florida but the US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan says the US hasn't had an official request relating to his visa from the Brazilian government.

Bolsonaro refused to be involved in the handover of power to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva last week and it’s thought he left Brazil 10 days ago.

There hasn’t been a phone call yet between US President Joe Biden and President Lula but Sullivan expects there to be one “in the coming period”, adding the US believes Brazil’s democracy is strong and resilient and would come through this.

Daniel Gallas
BBC Brasil

A 17th Century clock given by the French Court to Brazil and a painting worth at least £1.2m are among the valuable works destroyed by rioters who invaded the presidential palace in Brasília on Sunday.

The clock by Balthazar Martinot - Louis XIV's watchmaker - was a gift from France to King Dom Joao IV, who ruled Brazil and Portugal. According to the Brazilian government, there are only two pieces by Martinot like this in the world.

"The other is on display at the Palace of Versailles, but is half the size of the piece that was completely destroyed by the invaders", says a statement.

An art specialist says the damage is beyond repair.

The painting, As Mulatas, external by renowned Brazilian painter Candido Portinari, was torn in seven different parts. The government says it is worth at least £1.2m, but could fetch possibly five times that amount if it went to auction.

Rogerio Carvalho, director of curation for presidential palaces in Brazil, told BBC Brasil's Luis Barrucho he is currently assessing the damage.

“I still need time to assess what happened to all those items. A survey (conducted by the federal police) is currently ongoing. But the value of what was destroyed is incalculable because of the history it represents”, he said.

As we've been telling you, supporters of former president Jair Bolsonaro stormed Brazil's Congress, the Supreme Court and the presidential palace on Sunday, which President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says was caused by "fanatic fascists".

We've put together some pictures taken before, during and after Sunday's demonstrations to give you an idea of the damage that was caused.

The Congress building was designed and built in 1960. The two spheres on the top of the lower part of the building are the Senate and Lower House.

We've also got before and after pictures from inside the Supreme Court chamber as well as furniture in other rooms being damaged.

Brazil's Supreme Court was founded in 1890 but moved into its current location in April 1960.

So far more than 1,200 people have been detained following the riot.

Diego Scardone, a senior parliamentary adviser to the Socialism and Liberty Party, which is in coalition with President Lula, can see a glimmer of hope amidst the division between Bolsonaro and Lula supporters.

Speaking to Radio 4's World at One, he said he had never seen anything like the events of Sunday in Brazil before - but he was confident democracy would survive.

"More than 90 per cent of all the posts in social media were against the violence used in Brasília yesterday - public opinion is against violence in Brazil historically," he said.

"The most important thing now is to find out who is financing and who is organising this and bring them to justice."

Former president Jair Bolsonaro has rejected allegations by President Lula that he instigated the unrest, saying he has always respected the constitution and the rule of law.

Ricardo Senra
World Service

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Brazil’s Ministry of Justice says that around 1,200 people were detained and taken to the Federal Police headquarters in Brasília after government palaces were stormed by protesters on Sunday.

Most of the arrests happened in front of the army headquarters in Brasília, where supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro had been camping since December.

According to the local police, dozens of buses were used in the operation.

On Sunday evening, Brazilian minister of Justice Flavio Dino said that 200 people had been arrested in connection to acts of vandalism in Brazil’s capital. The minister said that 40 buses were seized after being used to transport protesters from other regions of the country to Brasília.

“These buses are instruments for perpetuating crimes”, Dino said.

The investigation is now trying to establish who financed the protests.

In messages sent throughout the week on Telegram, organisers offered available spaces in "free buses" with "everything for free: water, coffee, lunch, dinner".

Inspections inside government palaces include the collection of DNA traces left in surfaces and personal items left behind.

Drone footage gathered by Brazil’s Federal Police during the attacks is also being used to help identifying the protesters.

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At least 1,200 pro-Bolsonaro protesters that were camping out in front of the army headquarters in Brasília have been taken into custody.

Now, we've had images like the one above from Reuters, of members of the Brazilian military dismantling tents put up by Bolsonaro supporters in the country's capital.

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Reuters reports that the government has given protesters until 12:00 local time (15:00 GMT) to leave the site, and provided buses to transport them.

Meanwhile federal workers are working to assess the damage at the three buildings attacked on Sunday.

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Bernd Debusmann Jr
Reporting en route to Brasília

I'm with a BBC team currently on our way to Brasília.

One thing that soon became apparent on the flight from the US is a sense of disbelief among many of our fellow passengers about what's happened.

One man told us that he had just wrapped up a fun few days in Las Vegas - and that he is having trouble processing the images from Brazil's Congress, which he likened to a "war zone".

The man sitting next to me on the last leg of our journey, Roberto, splits his time between the US and Brazil.

While he's certainly no fan of Lula - for whom he has harsh words - he says he can't approve of what's taken place.

"These same people claim to want law and order, like from the army," he told me. "But they were breaking the law themselves, no?"

We'll bring you more updates as the day goes on.

Daniel Gallas
BBC Brazilian Service

Brazilian authorities have issued a statement branding Sunday's riots in Brasília on Sunday as "terrorist acts".

"The powers of the Republic reject the terrorist acts of vandalism by criminals and coup plotters that took place yesterday afternoon in Brasília", says the statement signed by president Lula and the heads of Congress and the Supreme Court, following a meeting.

The statement says Brazil needs "normalcy, respect and work" and calls on society to keep calm.

Ricardo Senra
World Service

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The cabinet room where Brazilian president Lula da Silva works is one of the only undamaged places inside the presidential palace in Brasília.

"President Lula's room has got extra shielding and they couldn't get in", said chief minister of communications Paulo Pimenta to journalists.

Inspections are being held throughout the palace in search for explosives and other harming material.

DNA samples are also being collected in order to identify rioters.

Verified footage shows damage to the quarters of first lady Janja Lula da Silva, where pieces of furniture were broken and documents thrown on the floor.

Most government palaces in Brasília are listed as World Heritage sites by UNESCO. Important works of art were also destroyed in the invasions, including an important painting of Brazilian modernist artist Di Cavalcanti, which were stabbed at least six times.

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President Lula da Silva has been holding his first cabinet meeting inside the presidential palace in Brasilia.

Government buildings - the palace, the Congress and the Supreme Court - were all stormed on Sunday, and extensive damage caused.

The president's room has extra protection, officials say, and the protesters couldn't get in.

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You can read more about the chain of events which led to Sunday's storming of Brazil's Congress in this piece by our Latin American editor Vanessa Buschschlüter.

At least 12 journalists were assaulted or robbed while covering Sunday's events in Brasília, the Union of Professional Journalists of the Federal District said.

Some were beaten and threatened with firearms and five of them had their equipment damaged or stolen, the union said, external.

Journalists from news agency Reuters, Brazilian newspaper O Globo, and the Washington Post were among those listed as having been attacked.

Pedro Ladeira, a photojournalist for Folha de Sao Paulo, shared images of the damage to his camera but said he was fine after the attack.

At least 1,200 pro-Bolsonaro protesters that were camping out in front of the army headquarters in Brasília have been taken into custody, Brazilian media report.

They surrendered peacefully and were taken in dozens of buses to a police station in the capital, reports say, as part of the crackdown ordered by a Supreme Court judge into the violence over the weekend.

This is addition to the 300 people arrested on Sunday during the riots.

Katy Watson
South America correspondent in São Paulo

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Government buildings have now been secured by authorities.

Supreme Court judge Alexandre de Moraes has ordered that protesters’ camps, pitched outside the army’s headquarters in Brasília and at other sites across the country, be dismantled.

Protesters loyal to Jair Bolsonaro have called for military intervention to save Brazil from what they see as a "stolen" election.

President Lula da Silva, who has been in the job for just a week, blamed the former leader for encouraging the disruption.

Bolsonaro said what happened yesterday went beyond democratic protest but denied he was to blame for any of it.

There are growing calls for US President Joe Biden to extradite Bolsonaro from the US.

The 67-year-old travelled to Florida last week to avoid attending President Lula’s inauguration as is tradition in Brazil.

Andre Rhoden-Paul
Reporting from Stockwell, south London

I'm here on the streets of south London to get reaction from Brazilians to the dramatic events in their home country.

Stockwell has a sizeable diaspora making up some of the estimated 130,000-160,000 Brazilian population in London.

I bump into Ricardo outside a Brazilian food store. The 67-year-old, originally from Minas Gerais, blamed President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s supporters dressed in yellow and green for what's happened at Brasilia's federal buildings. This is despite evidence that those taking part in yesterday's riots were supporters of ex-President Jair Bolsonaro.

Talking about broader political anger amongst Bolsonaro supporters, he says: "Something happened to make people go to the streets."

He shows me a WhatsApp message highlighting President Lula's past corruption convictions - which were annulled - and claims the election was stolen.

He adds: "Bolsonaro is very rude, but he is honest. Brazil made progress. Lula is ladrão [a thief]."

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Pope Francis has added his voice to the growing international condemnation during his New Year's address to ambassadors.

The Argentine pontiff cited "various countries of the Americas where political crises are laden with tensions and forms of violence that exacerbate social conflicts".

"I am thinking of these last few hours in Brazil," he said.

"In many areas, a sign of the weakening of democracy is heightened political and social polarisation, which does not help to resolve the urgent problems of citizens.

Pope Francis also cited Peru, where nationwide protests have killed at least 22 people, and a "worrying situation" in Haiti, where gang violence is ravaging the poverty-stricken country.

Frances Mao
Reporting from Brasilia

Good morning from Brasília, where in the leafy blocos in the South Wing - just a 15-minute drive from the centre - locals are waking up and getting on with their normal lives.

It’s Monday morning, so people are heading off to work - the subway is open again and the roads are noisy with traffic.

On a morning walk around my neighbourhood, shopkeepers were rolling up their blinds, and some people were out on their morning jog, getting coffee at the kiosk cafe, heading to the gym, doing a supermarket run - just the usual motions.

Brazilians are very friendly - almost everyone I passed offered me a warm Bom Dia - "Good morning" - as I walked home.

There might have been no sign of Sunday’s violence - were it not for a helicopter buzzing overhead at one point on its way to the city centre.

Daniel Gallas
BBC Brazilian Service

Police have arrived at a camp outside the Brazilian army's headquarters in Brasilia to remove supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro.

It’s not clear at the moment if the demonstrators will leave the camp peacefully. A lot of them are still in their tents but it appears some have started to pack up.

As we reported earlier, some protesters have been living in camps across the country since the presidential election in October and they want a military intervention against the government of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva - otherwise known as Lula.

• Police have gathered outside a camp of Bolsonaro supporters outside the army headquarters in Brasilia, with some people appearing to pack up and leave the area
• Brazilian security forces have regained control of the area around the Congress and Supreme Court in Brasilia and hundreds of people have been arrested by police
• A state of emergency and the tightening of security in the city has been declared, while the governor of Brasilia, a former Bolsonaro ally, has been suspended for security failures
• A pro-democracy rally is planned for around 21:00 local time in the capital, while Lula is also set to meet with state governors later today
• Bolsonaro's supporters refuse to accept his election defeat last October by his socialist rival, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (known as Lula) - who took power a week ago