Lukashenko faces a deadline to step down and the winds of change and says shall the opposition wins the presidency for the 1st time in more than 14 b. S. I am. Thank you very much for joining us thousands of people have returned to the streets in iraq refusing to back down until their demands for political change are met the ranis mark a year since the beginning of a mass protest movement against government corruption a lack of jobs and the growing influence of iran but the protests lost momentum then came to assault because of the coronavirus fun demick earlier Security Forces fired tear gas at crowds trying to get into baghdads fortified green zone since the young race began last year at least 600. 00 protesters have been killed and thousands more injured the outrage force Prime Minister added laptev mahdi to resign not november iraqs new leaders however have yet to deliver major reforms aljazeera simona 14 is following developments in back dot. There has been from violence just abou
A surprise discovery on the moon a frozen water on the sunlit surface could be just the tone from manned missions. The u. S. Senate has begun voting on the appointment of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court appointment to the lifetime post seems assured by the republican controlled body the process to get her into the role was fast tracked following the death of Justice Ruth Bader ginsberg last month a confirmation will give conservatives a 63 majority on the countrys highest Court Democrats say your appointment should have come after the upcoming president ial election as bring in al and fisher hes on capitol hill for the debate is taking place the democrats really did not want this to go ahead but despite their best efforts it seems the republicans are going to be able to push this through. Im just watching the pictures from the senate floor gone through the voting yes its been announced my understanding in my total is that 52. 00 republican senators have voted in favor 48. 00 hav
Swing states. One year on from the start of protest movement demanding change levanon is still deep in political and economic crisis and curfews close restaurants and new limits on gathering europe comes down tighter as cover 19 cases keep growing. A new cease fire between armenia and azerbaijan is now in place a humanitarian truce came into effect 4 hours ago after an attack on the as every city of ganja which killed at least 13 civilians this is the 2nd attempt to stop nearly 3 weeks of violence have been fighting over the disputed region of the garden okada bok just a week ago they agreed to a russian mediated ceasefire but it failed to hold Bennett Smith is in armenias capital yerevan with more. This information about the new troops has come from the armenian side and the armenians that have been pushing for a ceasefire in the last few days is the armenians that have been losing territory to these areas is areas have taken now we understand territory that is essentially in the buff
To these areas is areas have taken now we understand territory that is essentially in the buffer zone between the go on or care about. This is territory that armenia has controlled since the 1994 ceasefire armenia considers it a buffer zone a security zone but it is as airy territory for the last 26 years at least both sides armenia and azerbaijan are supposed have been negotiating the future of this territory as well as nagornokarabakh now its the armenians its the armenians who say that this is a security in a buffer zone is the azeris say that after 26 years nothing has been done theres been no solution theres been no resolution as to what to do with this territory and so with turkey support they have been moving militarily and they have succeeded in taking territory and the armenians and foozie oust them to push for a ceasefire domestically here in armenia the government under enormous pressure because of a large number of casualties in terms of soldiers because of the loss of terr
Out twitter in big tech because they say conservative voices are being muted but before it even got underway. The organizer Philip Anderson was attacked in the rally was subsequently canceled. Sfpd had been working to keep protesters and counterprotesters apart. But violence broke out anyway. A San Francisco rally and protest put on by right wing group Team Save America is met with opposition members of the group wearing red make America Great again hats and carrying pro police flags were overwhelmed by the amount of counter protesters despite Police Standing by to control the crowds organizer Philip Anderson was seen being punched in the face and sfpd officer was also pictured being knocked to the ground. Police say several glass and plastic bottles, cannes and eggs were thrown by counterprotesters anderson as well as another trump supporter had to be taken away by ambulance. Once the event fell apart a crowd was seen taking to Market Street to march toward twitter headquarters counte