A controversial 3rd term after pushing through a law change growing skepticism over a new cease fire between azerbaijan and armenia after accusations its not being respected and ignoring a ban on protests and threats of a rest demonstrators in thailand continue to push for a reform of the monarchy. What began with protests over train fares is turning into a demand for complete change in chile tens of thousands of people have packed into the center of the capital santiago as a country counts down to a referendum on the constitution the ever have been marking one year since the birth of a protest movement nationwide their anger and frustration focused on inequality inadequate Pensions Health care and the Education System protesters. Resumed in the past week after being put on hold because of the coronavirus rest. As he to a latin america is in to see a new man who is live from santiago the cia the protests have been peaceful but theres been some trouble in some areas of santiago whats the latest. Yes thats absolutely right there worsen as i say as we have said and you repeated that as well that tens of thousands of people families babies children elderly people all here to commemorate the anniversary of what in chile is called the social explosion on october 18th of last year and things were going very well indeed until a group of massed vandals we dont know who they were began attacking 1st of all police and bird down a Police Church this is a church that is used mainly by police force and another chapel which is a national a National Heritage site in chile very nearby they also looted shops all through one of the main avenues about 700 meters from where i am right now close enough to the main protest area where we could see the smoke and smell it and hear of course the ambulances and the fire trucks that were trying to get to this area so they had clearly been marring what was supposed to be and many had hoped would be a peaceful protest just a one week before chileans are supposed to go to the polls for this all important referendum and there are people who are afraid especially political leaders in the opposition that this sort of thing could keep people from going out to vote next sunday indeed to vote on rewriting the entire constitution the referendum next week this year people that youve been speaking to on the streets of santiago are there no hope for that this can bring about real change and to me. Yes they are and that is why they fought for it so hard after the protests that began last october 18th. And that was one of the main rallying cries it took a lot of work to convince the Political Parties the president to actually go along with that and now it is about to happen and having a new constitution is seen by very very many chileans as imperative in order to its to reset if you like the social agenda and the road map for this country leading into the future a road map that where the constitution will guarantee certain social rights that up until now it has not remember this is a constitution that was written under the pinochet dictatorship and so many people say that it was born illegitimately and that its now their turn to actually have a say in the future of the country this at least will be a good start if it is approved as expected according to the polls you see a new man with the latest there from santiago thank you very much. In other news after months of deadly unrest and a campaign marred by violence votes are being counted in guineas president ial election the poll appears to have been largely peaceful but dozens of opposition supporters say they had trouble casting their ballots nicolas hoch reports. This is when the trouble start not enough observers too many votes to count Election Officials say a Record Number of getting came out to take part in this election most are 1st time voters queuing hours before the polls open to have a say in the countrys future despite a divisive and violent president ial campaign with candidates for mentoring ethnic tension the voting was peaceful you dont need. To give your vote but not your life we are what we have in common the stronger than what divides us the nation is what we have in common politics divides us you have to favor the mation we have to challenge ourselves that we are rather not of his Political Parties president s guineans Peoples Party is largely backed by the Milling Group while delos Opposition Party is mostly supported by the philosophy people at the age of 82 president alpha conde amended the constitution allowing him to run for a 3rd mandate despite widespread protest. This is a lever to move goods you can trust but i wish were Free Democratic and transparent election and that everything is done peacefully and with tranquility we will make sure all polling stations are secure guinea cannot develop if there is not Peace Security and unity we call on all candidates who avoid violence already opposition candidate is saying he believes he has won the vote and accuses the Election Commission of favoring incumbent president alpha conde. Descriptive. Im not worried about the outcome of the election however i have a major concern for peace in cohesion if mr alpha conde tries to seize power for cunning in violence this would not be acceptable to our supporters and to begin to. Have voted for change. While the west african body ecowas and the African Union sent observers the e. U. Didnt analysts fear the worst is yet to come with candidates refusing to accept the outcome of the vote putting the electoral process in jeopardy. The result is heem who for one think honest im thinking for what is the result. Time. Regardless of ethnicity it is have almost no access to electricity or Running Water with 20 percent of the population living in extreme poverty and yet the country is rich in minerals home to the largest reserves of bauxite in the world the challenge for the countrys next president is to deliver on what has become a broken promise political stability the Economic Prosperity so many getting into waiting for Nicolas Hawke aljazeera channel johnno is a Senior Adviser to opposition leader. He says the opposition is calling for calm despite their fears of vote rigging. We are looking for it elections and what theyre going to Fair Elections will bring about will be accept you know what 1st i want to remind you of your a little bit thought because a to share price is early days here and 500 is trying to guarantee you 7 and current and caused additional to return so this has been a disagreement with begin in population and thus this has been evident if youre a nation nationwide to protest against president funding and of course additional power grabs you have decided to participate if this election is because this is a way also there was straight and no 2 to ensure it in the leadership in guinea and this is why the opposition has participated in todays election however head of todays election is significant in. What is has been had all the rigging of the election and preventing begins from custom their ballot because the president can be house of saud to influence a little bit given and has used usually in security or again to carry out these and therefore the object as theyre counting continues we and the opposition will call for peace and stability observations are continuing to monitor and account and we hope that it democratically will occupy people of him as will be respect that violence has broken out in ivory coast just 2 weeks ahead of his president ial election at least 2 people were killed in the city of bongo uno a stronghold of a leading opposition candidate a house was burned down while his partys office was attacked in abidjan has called for the vote to be boycotted saying president Alassane Ouattara is bad for a 3rd term illegal. The u. N. Secretary general has a ridge armenia and azerbaijan to respect a new cease fire thats only a day old just hours after it went into effect both sides accuse each other of violations this is the 2nd truce aimed at stopping fighting over the disputed region of mcdonnell carabao the 1st ceasefire which was agreed on a week ago failed to hold now for many people in azerbaijan this little hope that the truce will bring peace aljazeera is Hoda Abdelhamid met some residents in gunja of lost loved ones but want to keep up the fight. Was sleeping at home with her extended family her nephew is in a Critical Condition and she wonders what will do future hold now that the family house is gone but she remains defiant. Really should fight until the end we are behind the president we believe in our country we believe in our army we believe in our people let there be war and let us liberate our territories why isnt the International Community stopping this we should defeat them on today and then just been hit several times is the beginning of october but saturdays attack was the most devastating so far it happened a week after humanitarian ceasefire brokered by russia was announced in hours before a 2nd one was agreed the humanitarian ceasefire is only about swapping bodies and Wounded Soldiers people on either side have very little faith that the conflict will stop each accusing the other of violating the cease fire 1st. Military operations have continued in the disputed enclave of nagornokarabakh there to be human cost is melting in the capital city and accurate a funeral ceremony was held for a younger meaning soldier who people say was killed hours after the 2nd ceasefire was announced here too many are wondering why is a temporary cessation of hostilities i mean years paid a heavy price so far nearly 700. 00 soldiers have been killed on the battlefield in the capital yerevan bells in prayers to commemorate. We are praying for our guys they are right this is just a cause we are fighting for our land and we will prevail. As a gents army is making territorial gains in several regions surrounding that corner care about which have been occupied by arming yes since 1904 they represent about 20 percent of as it by jens territory many as here is like a mean. Field the momentum shouldnt be lost yes the war has started and it is obvious internationally that we are gaining more landsberg and we are Strong Enough to occupied lands but its true that people dont want to die and war is not nice and we are not afraid of dying i mean for our land because we are in a correct price where liberating or lines people buy from ground wires rights but whole nice is to die while you defend your land both countries have indicated that their body swap could take place in the coming days so far there hasnt been a period of calm long enough for this to happen and the human toll of this war continues to rise put up there. John. Still ahead on aljazeera a protectee hard line a wednesday presidency Northern Cyprus and this could mean for the regional dispute over Gas Exploration and people in italy face nearest rections after a spike in the number of corona virus infections. Hello the west pacific still pretty warm so its still generating a certain amount of rain never less that cloud looks ragged and its going out of the way so go to give you a forecast of just rain nudging into sudden hong shoe on monday and maybe catching tokyo but for most its going to be fine that sunny picture exists or we back through child snow is waiting in mongolia thats where winter is and the Higher Ground the eastern himalayas are where to sichuan the stove for me here is well lot of big surprises tom the year is rain though for most of all nothing at all significant rain is still falling on the coast of vietnam there are showers to the south of that and surprisingly theres one such that hits a tower in jakarta and indeed if you look at the forecast so it is an area where you could generate some pretty big showers are the next couple of days into java including jakarta same is true sudden sumatra now the potential development i dont think that one so much as this one east the philippines that could become a Tropical Cyclone not here yet well watch it towards the end of the week india has had plenty of rain recently was flooding in hyderabad with the last of tropical depressions on its coat way towards the coast of among the next well know its already forming. But. Cyprus a european island openly offering citizenship to those who can afford it in august aljazeera made global headlines with the cyprus papers confidential documents that reveal a murky passport by Investment Scheme on this whole court is deceptive. Now aljazeera as Investigative Unit goes undercover to expose further revelations that go to the heart of the cypriote state aljazeera investigations the cyprus papers on the cover. The the. The the new or. Youre watching al jazeera live from doha a reminder of our top stories hundreds of thousands of people have flocked into the center of santiago chile counts on to a referendum on a new constitution protests have been mainly peaceful but theyve been some violence including a Church Burning demonstrations began last october over the raising of metro fares but ive grown to include a call for social change of old so being counted in guineas president ial election 82 year old african days vying for a controversial 3rd term in office the main opposition candidates in new delhi in general is accusing conde of rigging the vote so he can stay in power and u. N. Secretary general antonio terrorists has mania and azerbaijan to respect a new ceasefire at both sides accuse each other of violating a 2nd truce hours after it went into effect. The Prime Minister of the self declared republic of Northern Cyprus has won the president ial runoff tathagata nearly 52 percent of the votes hes against 3 consolation with the south and has close ties with turkeys president the incumbent 72 year old mustafa received 40 percent of the votes he supports the reunification of the island and i saw a gaggle reports the results are likely to have implications on the tensions in the east and mediterranean. It was a tight race offering 2 different views over the self declared republics future and the results could have hardly been closer in one corner of the outgoing president. A political moderate who supported a framework for a peace deal with Greek Cypriots to reunify the ethnically Divided Island he also wanted less control turkey. To every letter one day in the future when we look back at the dates of the a typical play between. 20 i hope you will remember it was an oral day with Turkish Cypriot democracy and will. Challenging him as in tata a nationalist closely aligned with turkish president richard Tayyip Erdogan he favors a close union with ankara and maintaining separate ministrations on the island of vision backed by turkey. From the message will be given to the world by reflecting the will of Turkish Cypriots at the ballot box that message is that once a unifying peace making person who everybody president sits in the president ial chair tensions will be left behind. But for months now the Eastern Mediterranean has seen tensions escalate contested Maritime Claims has pitted turkey against greece cyprus and the European Union of offshore rights as it was used Gas Exploration in the surrounding waters a move condemned as a provocation by brussels earlier in october turkish troops opened Public Access to the closed off seaside ghost town. Is the 1st time its done so since Turkish Forces invaded the northern part of the island in 1974 Turkish Cypriots want the reopening of the resort town to be a potential incentive for the islands future but Greek Cypriots want for russia to be returned to their control before any talk of reconciliation begins. After the election we need a period of normalization where we take stock of things on the ground. And real stop me a sense of democracy and participation and inclusiveness. Might pull Northern Cyprus further into tuckeys orbit but just on the hearts of those who voted want a different future for the territory one with more control over its own affairs and that will play into any forthcoming peace talks if resolving the cyprus problem is to become a reality so any guy i go out to sarah. Vote counting is underway in bolivia in a president ial election many hope will restore stability the leading contenders are a former minister of economy and a former president leave us plunge into political crisis last october when then president ever morales sought a 4th term that led to protests and the election was an old traceable reports from venice. Its an election that has pulled bolivias democracy to the test and thats why millions of libyans are headed to the polls on sunday meal someone else says he hopes the new president will help solve the enormous problems were livia faces today. Of premortal sort of heres what we believe asking is the best person to win the elections and that person who wins would be peacefully able to go in this country and provide Better Solutions and democracy before everything thats what bolivians are hoping for unfortunately there were many disturbances last election and proven frauds we hope that in these elections everything is transparent. The elections are meant to put an end to an ongoing political crisis since able more alice was forced to resign last year after accusations of fraud prompted people to take to the streets. We want to come transparent election for what happened in the last election in october and november 29th not to be repeated there was fraud and there was a lot of convulsions that was stirred up and i hope everything turns out peacefully in that the next government can also provide the solutions that all believe humans are hoping for. A living will have to choose between we sow to say evil morally is former finance minister. We want to go to the elections because were going to win them were going to defeat them at the polls and they know its brothers and sisters. And former press and got a lot missa who said journalist and the writer serious if they win evil morale is or will return we all know what that would mean more corruption and more overspending. Opium polls suggest there will be a 2nd round of voting that happening in argentina is extremely important and this election is because over 160000 bolivians are expected to vote in polling stations like this one im going to side of and in other parts of the country they represent around 2 percent of the total electoral roll and in the title actually like this one the vote happening here could be to 55. 00 on saturday the electoral tribunal announced there wont be a preliminary results system as in last years election to avoid confusion so the counting process will take time to guarantee transparency all the while bolivia is fighting the pandemic and this called him political limbo the question is whether the elections will be enough to guarantee the stability the country needs. And to cedar point to scientists. Saudi arabias king solomon has issued a series of reforms saying through its restructuring the kingdoms Advisory Council the Supreme Court and the highest religious body he appointed a new head for the Shura Council is a body of one 150. 00 appointed members whose main task is to study and propose laws and then submit them to the king who decides which ones will be referred to the council of ministers u. S. Forces in afghanistan are denying allegations or violating their agreement with the taliban by carrying out a strikes on its fight is a taliban Spokesman Says the u. S. Is engaging in provocative actions and bombing noncombat zones the taliban has launched a major offensive in the southern Helmand Province in a bid to take the prevention of capital the us military is defending its actions saying the s. Strikes are soley in defense of the Afghan Security forces while being attacked by the taliban a spokesman for the Talibans Political Office in qatar told on his ear that the armed group has not been attacking u. S. Forces but. We have not been carrying out any attacks against the Coalition Forces because we have had an agreement with them we dont attack them and they dont attack us for 14 months now they have been withdrawing from the country this is why we dont attack them but in regards to the minister ration kabul we dont have that agreement with them they attack us their attacks are quite numerous they carry attacks against us and against the people they show the villages they show the positions of the mujahideen and they even build pushed into areas that were conquered by us the stomach state and they keep crushing their tanks and vehicles in areas that are under our control when it comes to all of this we are in a position of selfdefense this is why you see when they carry such acts there will be a reaction thats the only way it is self defense. Italys Prime Minister has announced new measures saying theres no time to waste after a spike in covered 1000. 00 cases giuseppi contest says he wants to avoid a full lockdown but the situation has become critical mayors will be allowed to close public squares in the evening to stop people gathering james in public swimming pools may remain open but qantas said that could change if the rules arent fall out. We should wait a few days before we can see the results of these new measures we must commit and continue to make the sacrifices while waiting for the checks to be completed before monoclonal antibodies and for vaccines so that we can make them available for all of us. We have to commit to situation is critical the government is present place point to get it will be able to overcome difficult moment. Rallies have been held across france in honor of a teacher who was beheaded sammy or patty was scales days after showing his students cartoons of the prophet mohammed during a lesson about freedom of speech a suspect was shot dead and several people and cassidy. This is where paris comes to defend what some see as french values thousands gathered at the past of the republican solidarity with samuel party a history teacher brutally killed in a quiet paris suburb a level good for were here to defend the republic the values of the republic Liberty Equality Fraternity and secularism we can feel that the fatherland is threatened that those values are under threat. The murder suspect named as a was shot dead by police on friday close to samuel party school. He was an 18 year old born in moscow of chechen origin and had no apparent connection with the teacher or the School Investigators say he stalked the area before following the teacher whom he stabbed and then decapitated with a knife an 11th persons been arrested as part of the investigation. Earlier this month party had shown his students cartoons of the prophet mohammed in a lesson on freedom of expression the caricaturist were 1st published by the satirical magazine charlie abdo which led to a wave of attacks in paris and 2015 is believed the lesson angered a number of muslim parents activists say the authorities had been warned about the killer but it failed to act the person who committed this horrendous unspeakable unfathomable crime was hard being reported worktable times on social media because he was already displaying sign that he was about to commit something and many of the people who reported him were muslims and some warning the french media already muslims can report someone who produced to be one of there is. A moment of unity in the face of a brutal crime the french governments promised a 0 tolerance approach with tighter financial controls on religious cultural and sporting associations but the killings a reminder of fault lines in French Society weeks after president emmanuel microloan controversially described islam as a religion in crisis while defending the country secular values not islamist. The murder has shocked the nation focusing the spotlight once again on tension successive french governments have struggled to resolve the falcon aljazeera. At a landslide in vietnam has killed at least 14 people military barracks and several personnel there are still missing this comes days after another landslide killed 13 people most of whom were soldiers vietnam a scene heavy rainfall this month causing the west flooding in years and in neighboring cambodia the death toll from heavy flooding has risen to at least 20 countries seen heavy rains and flooding for the last few weeks due to a Tropical Storm tens of thousands of people have been forced to evacuate their homes. To thailand now where protesters ignored warnings from police and demonstrators in the capital on sunday calling for the Prime Minister to step down they came out in their thousands despite a ban on his gatherings demonstrators are also demanding a more democratic constitution and changes to the monarchy tony chain was at the protests. Once again for the 5th day in a row protesters have come out onto the streets of bangkok to show their displeasure the government and again the earth orators have tried to stop them and earlier in the day the police had warned that anyone attending would be charged and arrested they even said that those people who turned up and posted selfies on social media could be liable for 2 years in jail or 2000. 00 fines but clearly that hasnt deterred anyone people are still here and theyre still determined that their demands be met quite a lot of york intolerably in a coup i think we need to change we need to demand an end to the unfairness that has happened the 1st thing that i want to see is that they stop ignoring our voices we should be able to gather and protest peacefully and i want to see more freedom not arrests at this stage we dont know how long these protests are going to continue to a certain extent some of the fears has gone out of this because the protest leaders have been detained that said these protests have now spread theyre taking place in different sites across bangkok and tonight even in different places across the country the protesters are shown that after the crackdown on friday night theyre still prepared to come out with still to come out prepared to come out and numbers and theyre not scared and now the ball is very much in the governments court. The at the end again im fully back to bill with the headlines on aljazeera hundreds of thousands of people have packed into the center of santiago chile countdown to a referendum on its new cost of tuition protests have been mainly peaceful but theres been some violence including a Church Burning demonstrations began last october over the raising of metro phase but ive grown to include a call for social change a lot america is into seeing