Brazilian presidential election goes to runoff between Lula, Bolsonaro

STORY: Brazilian presidential election goes to runoff between Lula, Bolsonaro DATELINE: Oct. 3, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:29 LOCATION: SAO PAULO, Brazil CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): CHEN HAOQUAN, Xinhua correspondent 2. various of voting station 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ZHAO YAN, Xinhua correspondent 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Portuguese): LUIZ INACIO LULA DA SILVA, Former Brazilian President 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Portuguese): ELISA DA SILVA, Voter in Sao Paulo 6. SOUNDBITE 5 (Portuguese): WALTER MAZARI, Voter in Sao Paulo 7. SOUNDBITE 6 (Portuguese): MISCELEINE SCHNEIDER, Voter in Rio de Janeiro STORYLINE: SOUNDBITE 1 (English): CHEN HAOQUAN, Xinhua correspondent "Brazil holds the first round of its general election on October 2nd, Brasilia time. Here I am at a hotel in the city of Sao Paulo, where the presidential candidate, former president Lula chose to celebrate his victory in the first round. According to the Superior Electoral Court (TSE), the highest body of the Brazilian electoral justice, none

Hamza Shahbaz wins election to become chief minister of Pakistan's Punjab province

STORY: Hamza Shahbaz wins election to become chief minister of Pakistan's Punjab province DATELINE: July 24, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:13 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): ALI JASWAL, Xinhua reporter in Islamabad 2. various of the election STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): ALI JASWAL, Xinhua reporter in Islamabad "Hamza Shahbaz from the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Friday won the election in the provincial assembly to retain his position as the chief minister of Pakistan's eastern Punjab province, the deputy speaker of the assembly announced." Shahbaz, son of Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, secured 179 votes against 176 votes received by Pervaiz Elahi, a joint candidate of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) of former prime minister Imran Khan and the Pakistan Muslim League (PML), said deputy speaker Dost Mazari. Elahi had received 186 votes, including 176 from PTI and 10 from the PML, but the deputy speaker excluded the 10 votes of the PML after its chief

U.S. making false denial after attempting to topple Pakistani government: Pakistani official

STORY: U.S. making false denial after attempting to topple Pakistani government: Pakistani official DATELINE: April 4, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:35 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): ALI JASWAL, Xinhua reporter 2. various street views in Islamabad STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): ALI JASWAL, Xinhua reporter "Pakistan's Minister for Human Rights Shireen Mazari said on Saturday that the United States attempted to topple the Pakistani government by sending threatening words and is now making false denial. Her exact words were 'has the U.S. government ever spoken the truth? It has always been telling lies to the world. It even lied to the United Nations about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, but later the lies were exposed, showing that the U.S. spoke blatant lies to very prestigious senior officials of the United Nations,' she said in a video message. The official said that the Pakistani nation should know that all denials coming from the United States are a pack of lies. The min