BBC News 9 January 2023
- Security forces have regained control of Congress in Brazil's capital after it was stormed by supporters of former far-right leader, Jair Bolsonaro
- Thousands of protesters entered the Congress building - with some breaking into the Senate chamber - as well as the presidential palace, and Supreme Court in Brasilia
- Police fired tear gas to push back the crowds and arrested hundreds of people
- Bolsonaro, who lost the presidential election to left-wing Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in October, tweeted to condemn the "invasions of public buildings"
- His supporters are refusing to accept he lost the election and have been calling for military intervention and Lula's resignation
- Lula, who is on an official trip to Sao Paulo state, called Sunday's rioters "fanatic fascists" and vowed to punish them
- US President Joe Biden has described the violence as "outrageous" while UK PM Rishi Sunak has denounced it as an attack on democracy
