A controversial 3rd term after pushing through a long change. Growing skepticism over a new cease fire between azerbaijan and armenia after accusations its not being respected and unified across france to ronnies for a teacher who was beheaded its. Thank you for joining us what began with protests over train fares is turning into a demand for complete change in chile tens of thousands of people packed into the center of the capital santiago as a country counts down to a referendum on the constitution the end theyve been marking one year since the birth of a protest movement nationwide there are angry and frustration focused on inequality inadequate Pensions Health care and the education. Simp protests have resumed in the past week after being put on hold because of coronavirus restrictions and most of the protesters have dispersed a short while ago Police Use Water Cannon to clear the last of them from the streets a largely peaceful protest turned sour when a small number of people at times police and buildings as demonstrations came to an end and see a new man has more from santiago on how the protests and phone to. Tens of thousands of people families babies children elderly people all here to commemorate the anniversary of what it truly is called the social explosion on october 18th of last year and things were going very well indeed until a group of master 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 anational 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 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 kristinas if wendy is a chile and this she says the list of complaints by protesters is only growing. So a variety of groups there were there were people from different ages there were mainly pacific demonstrators but i think some things have changed i mean that the main demands were still there as i mentioned education inequality better pensions but now weve had the pandemic as well say now weve got issues specifically with the police force the police force is highly criticised because after the protest last year there were clearly abuses. From the police that we didnt see since to dictatorship so thats one point and and in fact there are some policeman had they not actually going to the justice we have recent some Police Abuses 2 weeks ago and so theres still anger about the police the Police Describe the question even on missed international quit criticise them so as well theres. Anger against the Political Class because nobody has done anything for them theres quietly has to be asian into a situation after months of deadly unrest and a campaign modify violence fold so 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 a report. 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 in these rather than that 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. 00 president alpha conde amended the constitution allowing him to run for a 3rd mandate despite widespread protest. This is a lever you move 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 general 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 Major Concerns for peace and 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 and the Economic Prosperity so many getting into waiting for Nicholas Hawke aljazeera. Channel johnno is a Senior Advisor to the opposition leader. No he says the opposition is calling for calm despite their fears of breaking. Or if there are elections and theyre 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 very does here and 500 is trying to guarantee himself in and going through and caused additional to return so this has been a disagreement with a given population and thus this has been evident if you didnt mention 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 to the more straight and to 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 casting their ballot because the president one day house of saud to pull influence if you look at the Ethnic Division and has you was usually stead in security are going to carry out these and therefore. As theyre counting continues we and the opposition will call for peace and stability ill observers are continuing to monitor and account and we hope that it democratically we occupy people of kenyans will be respected. Violence has broken out in ivory coast just 2 weeks out of its president ial election at least 2 people were killed in the city of the stronghold of a leading opposition candidate. House was burnt down while his partys office was attacked in abidjan has called for the vote to be boycotted saying president and a somewhat ties bid for a 3rd term is illegal in other world news the un secretary general has urged 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 nagornokarabakh for a cease fire which was agreed on a week ago failed to hold of a many people in azerbaijan theres little hope that the chills will bring peace aljazeera is Hoda Abdelhamid met some residents in gunja who lost loved ones but want to keep up the fight. Was sleeping a tool with her extended family her nephew is in a Critical Condition and she wonders what to do future hold now that the family house is gone but she remains defiant. Other women who. Really should fight until the end we are behind the president we believe in our country we believe in our army we believe in all people let there be war and let us liberate our territories why isnt the International Community stopping this we should defeat them on to be and then just been hit several times since the beginning of october but saturdays attack was the most devastating so far it happened the week after humanitarian ceasefire brokered by russia was announced and i always 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 stiffened a carrot 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 where is the 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 gens 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 are we are Strong Enough to occupied lands but its true that people dont want to die and of war is not nice and we are not afraid of dying i mean for our land because we are enough to pass liberating our lines people buy from ground wires rights but whole nies 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. Jack. Still ahead on aljazeera the stakes are high in bolivias president ial election why the outcome could impact the countrys democratic future and people in italy face new restrictions after a spike in the number of coronavirus 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 in the east in the himalayas so 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 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. He began with war and bring it just here. But i felt like i was that a documentary filmmaker once granted unconditional assignment contrasts his experiences with those seeking refuge today and intimate note of the consequences of the policies of detainment is really unnecessary illness misery they cannot absorb this number that people have to suffer and in this way it is an excerpt of a refugee stand on aljazeera. The in the the in. Again youre watching aljazeera a reminder of the top stories hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets of santiago chile to mark the one Year Anniversary of mass protests calling for more equality demonstrations were mainly peaceful but there were several several violent incidents including the burning of 2 churches. Votes are being counted in guineas president ial election afrikan days vying for a controversial 3rd term in office the main opposition candidates to delon johnno accuses conde of breaking the vote so he can stay in power and u. N. Secretary general antonio terrace has or jar mania and azerbaijan to respect the new cease fire but both sides accuse each other of 5 a 2nd truce hours after it went into effect theyve been fighting over the disputed region of nagornokarabakh. I heard counting is underway in bolivia in a president ial election many hope will restore stability leading contenders are a former minister of economy and if former president prime genda political crisis last october when then president ever morales sought a 4th term its watch protests that forced him out of office for some bias eyes. 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 some brand that 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 dallas 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 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. Will have to choose between we start to say even what alice 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 mysa said journalist and the writer serious if they win evil morale is or will return and we all know what that would mean more corruption and more overspending. Opinion polls suggest there will be a 2nd round of voting that happening in argentina is extremely important in this elections 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 through percent of the total electoral roll and in the title actually like this one the vote happening here could be decisive 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. Under cedar point to scientists catherine let it be or is the director of the day and Information Network a bolivian social justice and political think tank she says the uncertainty around the election is causing concern. Theres a great deal of tension because of be uncertainty that surrounds this electoral process you know although we will have preliminary results tonight the final result probably will be in for 3 days and and legally that it can take up to one week so you dont with the conflict with the problems with the interim government the level of uncertainty is high and there was a portion of the bolivian middle class that had opted or became become different channel with morality for the 4th term but weve had a year of Human Rights Violations a year of corruption and this managed to cope with pinned him in which is really kind of soured a lot of people on the alternative candidates to the right if r. C. Were to win with 40 percent hed have to have a 10 percent margin over the 2nd place candidate of a students of lee carloads mates that you know the mates that the votes are on the right are divided between mates and largely well hes fairly chilled so i think i knew as withdrew the incumbent from the race he was never supposed to be a candidate to to create a stronger 1st round vote for the right we dont know if thats going to happen and we dont know what the impact of the militarization of the streets at this point in time or are going to be people are quite concerned. Police invalid rules have been given the green lights to fire on protesters if need be by the threat did not deter tens of thousands of people from marching through the streets of the capital minsk protest as a calling for an end to president alexander the shank a 26 year old opposition leaders have managed to come off has threatened to call a nationwide strike and messy place within the next week. Began 2 months ago after the shank us reelected in a poll widely seen as straight. As they had stayed i cannot stand aside standing aside. To me feels like sitting and drinking tea when your house is on fire one cannot be aside one cannot drink tea when the house is on file now. Country is on fire on fire from violence and lawlessness. Saudi arabias king solomon has issued a series of reforms restructuring the kingdoms Advisory Council the Supreme Court in the highest religious body he appointed a new head for the Shura Council is a body of 150 appointed members whose main task is to study and propose laws events submit them to the king who decides which ones will be referred to the council of ministers sami how is the editor in chief of the International Interests the Current Affairs and novices magazine with a particular focus on the middle east he says the changes may not be what some hoping for. I think its not necessarily the appointments that we should be looking at but more the fact that we have a lot of the same faces with the same token suggestions of reform as we saw with 0. 0 verdict what i had then Committee Appointed as an assistant to a deputy in the shorter council decided that mohammed bin cement is trying to promote women to senior positions we saw this follows on from over the last year weve seen some changes such as the ambassador to washington been banned for example i think whats interesting is that because the Shura Council itself is a toothless or going to organization while it has some significant characters it doesnt have much influence over Decision Making or policy making in the kingdom whats interesting is there is the continuities that were seeing in the council of scholars this suggestion that the government or any of them have been sent men is content with the way that the religious authorities are operating and weve seen some promotion of the members who have reiterated that and to cut their message weve seen the sermons change in mecca and medina the 2 holy sites to try to promote some of the saudi policies this idea that we would have seen a conservative backlash were seeing that there is this continue if you wish to just that the government is at ease with the religious authorities toeing the line after a string of imprisonment of religious figures outside of the official state apparatus and official state institutions so i think that continuities speaks volumes as to how mohammed bin cement feels about the situation feels about his control of the kingdom. At least 13 people have been killed in a car bombing in western afghanistan with the death toll expected to rise 120 people were injured in the Suicide Attack in the city a fair last call in core province known as claimed responsibility for the bass and in a separate attack 8 Afghan Security officials were killed in conducive province the Afghan Government has called the attack despicable are u. S. Forces in afghanistan are denying allegations that theyre violating an agreement with the taliban by carrying out a strike 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 south and how man province in a bid to take the prevention of capital the u. S. Military is defending its actions saying the air strikes so slowly in defense of the Afghan Security forces well being attacked by the taliban of the spokesman for the Talibans Political Office in qatar. Are that the armed group has not been attacking u. S. Forces. 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 withdrawn 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 in the areas that were conquered by us the stomach state and they keep crossing 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. Its only as Prime Minister has announced new measures saying theres no time to waste after a spike in covered 1000. 00 cases just epic contest says he wants to avoid a full lockdown but the situation has become critical mayors will be allowed to phils public squares in the evening to stop people gathering james and public swimming pools may remain open but qantas says that could change if the rules on follow it. 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 vaccine so that we can make them available for all of us. We have to commit to situation is critical the government is present players point all together will be able to overcome difficult moment israel meanwhile is easing its 2nd coronavirus lockdown after a month of restrictions says spain a drop in infections therefore people cannot travel more than one kilometer from their homes and restaurants can open but only for take away box speeches and kindergartens have also been given the green light to operate. Chief palestinian negotiator sayah bear cat has been taken to an israeli hospital more than a week after contracting covered 19 he was transported from his house in the occupied west bank to west jerusalem the Palestinian Liberation Organization says requires special care due to Chronic Health problems he received a Lung Transplant in the u. S. 3 years ago to france now where rallies have been held across the country in honor of a teacher who was beheaded sami or patti was killed stays after showing his students cartoons of the prophet mohammed during a lesson about freedom of speech the suspects was shot dead and several people are in custody the foka has more. 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 the 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 and 11 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 in the french media already muslims can report someone who produced to be one of there is the car 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 a manual microloan controversially described islam as a religion in crisis while defending the country secular values gnostic islamist. The murder has shocked the nation focusing the spotlight once again on tension successive french governments have struggled to resolve the falcon aljazeera. Now again im fully back you know with the headlines on aljazeera hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets of santiago in chile to mark the one Year Anniversary of mass protests calling for more equality the demonstrations were mainly peaceful but there were several violent incidents including the burning of 2 churches you see in human has more from santiago there are at least 2 churches that are on fire right now we just saw a fire engine go by ambulances as well running battles big