A state of emergency new measures are in place across europe to stop the spread of covert 19. Call for a nationwide strike in belo to sell off to the president ignores the oppositions demand to step down. As a festive mood in chile where a referendum to change the constitution looks likely to pass with an overwhelming majority since polls closed 3 hours ago people have been gathering at a popular square in the capital to celebrate the government agreed to the referendum following protests against social and economic inequalities which began one year ago on latin america editor on the scene human is joining us now from santiago it seems from the very early hours of this referendum the people were absolutely convinced that this was going to go ahead. Absolutely and they were right in fact with nearly 90 percent of the votes already counted it has been and landslide in favor of those who wanted or rather in favor of the choice of rewriting to constitution what im seeing now is Something L
Approval. Not quite clear yet whether a Constitutional Assembly will be approved that means. To rewrite. But thats still to come meanwhile the waiting for the final official vote to come out theyre coming here in waves by the thousands. And because of those massive protests. Here and continuing is the reason why. Referendum took place in the 1st place it was one of the key demands of millions of. Security forces in iraq and far tear gas of protesters trying to get into baghdads fortified green zone demonstrators have been marking one year since the beginning of a mass protest movement over government corruption and a lack of jobs at least 600 people have been killed since it began. As a Senior Research fellow at Chatham House he says itll be hard for the government to meet protestors to mountains. These are not the 1st lines weve seen protests in iraq in fact many times since 2003 there have been protests but in the past the elite leaders i mean have been able to kind of either through
A fired tear gas at protesters trying to get into baghdads fortified green zone which houses government buildings the demonstrations against corruption and unemployment 1st began a year ago hundreds of people have been killed since then. France has registered a new record of daily infections with more than 52000. 00 confirmed on sunday several other European Countries including italy and spain are imposing stricter measures as infections. U. S. President mike pence is back on the campaign trail despite an outbreak of coronavirus cases within his inner circle his chief of staff is one of at least 5 people who tested positive was put into. A cease fire deal between azerbaijan and armenia is set to start in around half an hour to previous agreements aimed at stopping the fighting over there gonna cut about collapsed it comes off the heavy fighting in the disputed region on sunday camerons blaming a massacre on school at the school on separatist groups witnesses say the attackers use guns
Europe. How to call for a nationwide strike came by the roots after the president ignores the opposition said line to step down. 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 closed several hours ago thousands of people have been gathering at a popular square in the capital to celebrate it was the focal point of last is often violent protests against social and economic inequalities the governments agreed to the referendum following those demonstrations. A 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 draw off the new charter which will then go to a nationwide vote. Chiles president Sebastian Pinera has called on the nation to Work Together if. This referendum is not the end it is the beginning of a path that we must all walk to give the to agree on a new con
Across europe. And the special sessions on the way in Thailands Parliament as a country grapples with weeks of mass antigovernment protests. And humanitarian ceasefire has come into effect between as a media its the 3rd such stalemate in recent weeks to stop the conflict. The 1st to file to hold this truce was mediated by the United States and comes despite heavy fighting on sunday rory challenges in gori i mean you know the border with azerbaijan rory any confidence that this ceasefire might hold. Well were only an hour and well a few minutes into this ceasefire and already the there resized is saying that the armenians violated the attempts at the ceasefire that has been denied by the armenian side and Prime Minister nicole passion jaan says the army absolutely will adhere to this one but as we have already said this is attempts number 3 the 1st on the 10th of october mediated by moscow collapsed fairly swiftly and the seconds just over a week ago last barely minutes so well have to