From santiago. 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 chiles police force and another chapel which is a national a National Heritage site in chile very nearby they also looted shops also 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 are clearly been marring what was supposed to be and many had hoped would be a peaceful protest. Vote counting is underway in bolivias president ial election on official early results from a bolivian t. V. Channel suggest luis r. C. Has won hes the candidate from the socialist party of former president evermore others who was forced out of office after a disputed vote last year theres anger in argentina o
Recap of the headlines this hour now police in thailand used water cannon to break through a barricade set by demonstrators in bangkok thousands of people continue to defy a ban on gatherings calling for the prime ministers resignation and reforms to the monarchy. Training sessions between person in the e. U. Appears to be on the brink of collapse of the u. K. Prime minister one business is to prepare for a no deal breaks it in new leaders say theyre willing to continue negotiating but wont seek a deal at any cost u. K. Prime ministers official spokesperson told journalists the trade talks are over since we have only 10. 00 weeks until the end of the transition period or generally the 1st i have to make a judgment about the likely outcome and to get us all ready. And given that they have refused to negotiate seriously for much of the last few months and given that this summit appears explicitly to rule out a canada style deal i concluded that we should get ready for january the 1st wit
Buses aside to make their way in to this area and then they staged a sit in if you will for several hours and then when it became very late at night kind of a couple of 100 several 100 hardcore protesters stayed here overnight then at 4 am thats when the government issued an emergency decree saying that any group over 5 was illegal and thats when we saw that clearing out process that led to this empty street behind me yemens who the rebels have released 2 u. S. Citizens in exchange for 250 fighters the swap is the 1st of several prisoner exchanges expected in the coming days between the saudi Live Television and movies. Fighting is escalating between armenia and azerbaijan the azeris say they have destroyed missile launchers that were targeting their cities medium government denies its forces have been firing into. Protests continuing in cyprus against government corruption they follow an aljazeera investigation of senior politicians who are willing to sell passports to convicted crimi
Protests and said that he would only step down after a rerun of the parliamentary election where the state the president approved of support but his Prime Minister cypresses speaker of parliament has resigned in the wake of the cash for passport scheme the controversy was brought to light by an aljazeera investigation of senior politicians who are willing to sell cypriot passports to convicted criminals the government is now bullish the program the rebels in yemen have released to us citizens in exchange for 250 of the fighters the free 2 thieves of arrived in yemens capital sanaa off to going through oman more prisoner swaps are expected on thursday the whole data has more on the how the exchange is being carried out. A senior official is saying that the operation is under way and theyre expecting the 1800. 00 prisoners to be released today so what is going to be happening from a logistical perspective is that were going to see plays taken. Prisoners all the way from the word and then
Democratic challenger joe biden is leading in Many National polls with just over 2 weeks before the election john hendren has more from washington d. C. Hes been playing defense all across the map in florida georgia and iowa hes been campaigning those are all states that he should have handily in his column by now but National Polls show him behind across the u. S. The latest poll i saw said 12 Percentage Points behind joe biden and hes also behind in key battleground states those include michigan in wisconsin the 2 states that hes going to now so he has been aggressive there speaking very much like hes on this steroids that he was on just days ago when he tested positive for the coronavirus standing in front of the air force one to showing people that hes back. A u. N. Arms embargo on iran has expired after 13 years it was lifted as part of the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers the us withdrew from the pact in 2018 and its voiced a strong opposition to any easing of sanctions there