Hello im christine one day its good to have your company there often is often electoral dispute in guinea a day off to a tense president ial election votes all still being counted but the opposition has already say it will publish its own results while the incumbent president alpha conde is seeking a 3rd term following months of protests against the move during which Security Forces killed dozens of people. And president alpha conde has called for a free fair and transparent election. He came to power in 2010 as an opposition candidate in guineas 1st democratic election since independence from france in 1000 or 58 back then his win was seen as a break from decades of authoritarian rule but now critics are accusing conde of varying towards authoritarianism himself. This year the 86 year old president pushed through a controversial new constitution that allowed him to stand for us in office. Oh. Mass protests against the move left dozens of people dead in a Security Forces crackdown. On.
Wars it was the us there was clearly. The wrong intended to raise. The present regard. With the big stories from the past 7 days right up to the moment developments as well this is the weekly on R T International im donald quarter and welcome to the program now 11 people have now been arrested following the butchering of a history teacher in france its believed he was targeted for showing caricature of the Prophet Muhammad to his students to debate freedom of expression large crowds turned in it turned out in central paris to pay tribute to the victim who was decapitated many people came carrying flowers and Holding Signs proclaiming j. Sweep. Several other vigils have been taking place across france hundreds gathered in toulouse and legal to decry violence and support freedom of speech a National Tribute for mr peggotty is planned for wednesday. Prosecutors say the beheading was carried out by an 18 year old of chechen origin who was born in moscow his family moved to france 12 years
Fellow youre watching the weekly here on r. T. International im ours on a lot quicker welcome to the program 1st our top story bolivias long serving president ever morales has announced he is stepping down from office and this follows 2 weeks of intense protests in which bolivia suffered many millions of dollars worth of damage. Reports. It all began on the 20th of october the bolivian president ial election then jury vote counting president incumbent president evill morale is allegedly gathered enough votes to avoid a Runoff Election and the opposition cried foul at ledged irregularities voter fraud in the way that the votes were counted and monitors international monitors agreed ventured the president morales said that hes he agrees that there be regularities that there would be an investigation and that that group would be a runoff vote but he refused to resign we saw protests unfold b. Saw them become more and more violent 3 People Killed many others wounded injured so Uniformed Po
Minimum wage is set to hit the highest rate in two bay area cities. Sunnyvale and Mountain View. Tonight, abc 7 News Reporter cornell bernard is live forness Mountain View where cornel, many people are hailing this move, but there are also many different opinions. Is that right . Yes indeed, deion. Happy new year for you. It should be a happy week for neighbors in Mountain View and sunnyvale. They are about to make 15 an hour. Thats one of the highest minimum wages in the nation. Business owners already figuring out how they will pay for it. Its music to the ears of many workers in Mountain View. It is so expensive to live here. Brother and sister, jordan and naomi, zimmerman, happy to hear minimum wage is jumping from 13. 50 to 15 on new years day. Im looking for a job second semester. So extra money that will help. Yeah, definitely does. Mountain view and neighboring sunnyvale made it a joint effort by raising minimum wage to 15. Servers and cooks just learned they are getting a rais
Larger problem. There is blatant racism at this school. People say it, people write it, people say it on social media. That graffiti was targeting students based on their race and we dont tolerate that. Reporter superintendent parvina madi sent a letter homes to parents and wont shy away from the issue. It isnt something thats isolated to one school, one student, one classroom. I think its something that we need to address all the time. Reporter these students jump started the conversation with a lunchtime public forum and some messaging of their own. I feel like this situation right now, like this does need to be talked about, it needs to be heard. People need to be educated on what we have to go through as students. Not only being africanamerican students. Reporter School Officials have yet to identify those responsible for the graffiti incidents. In castro valley, laura anthony, abc7 news. San ramon valley high School Officials say they have taken further action in a recent bullying