An estimated 1 million Brazilians take to the streets to demonstrate against a government they see as corrupt – leading to violent clashes between police and protesters in the early hours of Friday.
What began as a protest over rising bus fares has become a far wider movement, bringing more than a million people on the streets of Brazil. How will the government respond?
Protests continue in Brazil despite Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo reversing an increase in transport fares – the trigger for demonstrations. That was just ‘the moment of awakening’ says one protester.
Recent protests in Brazil saw 200,000 people take to the streets. British citizen Dominic Parry was in Rio and says he had a “responsibility to protest” against the government’s waste of public funds.
Violent clashes break out across Brazil as around 200,000 people take to the streets in protest over high taxes and poor public services.
It may surprise football fans to learn that the Maracana – venue for today’s Brazil-England friendly – seats just 78,000, when in 1950 the stadium held at least 200,000 spectators.
Rainy old England may have defined the rules of football for all to enjoy, but it is the sun-kissed beaches of Brazil that long ago inherited the mantle of football’s spiritual home.
A band’s pyrotechnic show is believed to be the cause of a fire at the Kiss nightclub in Santa Maria, which has killed hundreds of people. Patrons were reportedly unable to find emergency exits.
Oscar Niemeyer, one of the most influential modernist architects of the last century, has died at the age of 104. Channel 4 News looks at his work and his legacy.
Para-canoeing will be added to the schedule for the first time at Rio in 2016 and Jordan Jarrett-Bryan has been watching some of the British hopefuls going through their paces.
Two years ahead of the next World Cup, Rio authorities are struggling to bring the city’s crack cocaine habit under control. Viewers may find the pictures in Jonathan Rugman’s report distressing.
No Fly Britain: A wheelchair dancer who performed in the London 2012 cultural celebrations tells Channel 4 News how his career was threatened by airline damage to his chair.
The Prince of Wales urges world leaders to adopt a better, more integrated approach to issues like climate change in a pre-recorded speech to a UN sustainability conference in Brazil.
More tickets for some of the most popular sessions at the London 2012 Olympics are being made available, as tickets for the football tournament continue to disappoint.
Jon Snow
In an age where there is a paucity of global leaders, former Brazilian president Lula is someone the world can ill afford to lose. We should wish him well as he goes under the knife later today.