Equality. And all that glitters is not gold sometimes its mica in india child miners collect a mineral widely used in cosmetics. Cellphones and Electronic Devices all contain cobalt and gold medals that are often extracted and some of the worlds poorest regions and conflict zones under hazardous conditions. 1000000. 00 children between the ages of 5. 17 are forced to work in these mineral mines according to the organization stop child labor on average they earn less than 2. 00 a day mining drama serials for a sector that sees revenues totalling 700000000000. 00 a year the global Mineral Industry is booming but the poor and vulnerable are paying the price. Kamaal debbie and her 5 year old son roger you turn the earth in search of mica the glittering mineral plays a vital role in this regions economy for many people mining the raw material is the only way to survive children working for hours in the blistering sun in the indian state of jharkhand its nothing out of the ordinary to a bett
Tens of thousands took to the streets of the capital mins and other cities to protest against hardline leader Alexander Lukashenko the opposition is threatening a nationwide strike on monday if he refuses to release all Political Prisoners and resign they accused of rigging his reelection in august. Chileans have shown up in numbers to vote in a referendum which could see the drafting of a new constitution it comes after a year of social unrest over inequalities in chile and Society Protesters claimed the countrys dictatorship era constitution is the main course of injustice in chile. This is the news from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram. Or visit our website w dot com. That is. Why our reporter henry belling has climbed into a huge tug of graves is one of the things you will find out later on in the show. Hello and welcome to another fun filled edition of your own max with me your host meghan lee heres a look at what else weve got coming up for you today. Meet the oldest win
A state of emergency in place new measures to stop the spread of code 19 across europe. Trouble brewing in ivory coast tens of thousands of police are deployed ahead of this weeks president ial election. We begin in chile where with most of the votes counted a referendum to change the constitution is on course to pass with an overwhelming majority since polls close several hours ago thousands of people have been gathering at a popular square in the capital to celebrate it was a focal point of last years often violent protests against social and economic inequalities the government agreed to the referendum following those demonstrations chiles current constitution was imposed 4 decades ago under the military dictatorship of pinochet early results suggest people want a body of specially elected citizens to draft the new charter which will then go to a nationwide vote. Tellus president Sebastian Pinera called on the nation to work together. The most of this referendum is not the end it is
Just. Donald trump and joe biden make a last minute bid for votes on the eve of the election with a special focus on the rust belt. Gunman stormed Kabul University shooting students in their classrooms and as they fled in an attack which left at least 22. 00 people dead. And also coming up on the program the International Space station marks 20 years of pardon and human presence. During your. Welcome to the program well weve been following breaking news story for the last hour also coming to us from austria but he have said that several people have been killed in an attack in the center of the capital vienna. Well gunshots were heard in the city center in what the interior minister referred to as a terror attack thats how its been categorized at the moment he said that the incident is thought to have been committed by several people so more than one attacker involved one has been killed and more attackers potentially on the run so this is still a life situation that continues to unfold
A powerful and influential country but its also very very far away and its trying to influence a conflict with deep historical roots that stretch back decades if not centuries you just mentioned the conflict dates back to the ele ninetys its actually a war thats older than the soldiers fighting it whats the mood like in armenia what are people saying about this. Well most of the armenians ive spoken to seem very very determined i mean its easy to say that of course when this type of conflict starts people often rally around the flag theres a lot of patriotism that you can see and you can see that in the streets here i mean theres lots of people Walking Around in military uniforms you see armenian flags everywhere lots of advertisements on t. V. On the radio encouraging people to support the troops but the people ive talked to take it a little bit further than that i mean i talked to several parents of soldiers who are basically they were they were volunteers they werent actually formal