Independence. Opposition leaders in burundi are accusing the governing party of fear and intimidation they say there have been attacks ahead of next years elections the u. N. Is warning of further violence but the government has told al jazeera the vote will be free and fair catherine saw reports from brandys commercial capital bujumbura protected by when you can to cross memories of what happened 4 years ago remain true for this man he tells us his young son was shot by police while on his way to buy bread. Riots started in 2015 and pays n. P. R. Includes a run for and won a fair tom but hes opponents say it was unconstitutional street protests a failed coup vigilante like attacks and assassinations threatened to tear the country apart another election is due next and the believed father says people are still being intimidated by Security Forces and men. The Ruling Party Youth wing called him born in a. Numb way im talking to you is putting at risk if the police know what im talking o
Create. The healing. After a bloody civil war could prove it will become the worlds newest country. Lets begin in south america where protests in several countries have crippled the major cities bringing many to a standstill in jill a protest began last month when students in santiago demonstrated against a subway fare increase since then demonstrations have grown with demands for political and economic reform in colombia a proposal to change the minimum wage as well as introduced pension and tax reforms have led to a strike and rallies in bogota and in bolivia protests were sparked by a disputed president ial election president evo morales deny that any electoral fraud but he resigned under pressure from the military and fled to mexico. His supporters have been protesting and calling for his return the protests of ramped up in chile after the defense minister dismissed concerns over the use of Excessive Force against demonstrators and says soldiers deployed during the state of emergen
In front of his home crowd the world number one showing his fighting spirit to help spain and france to the davis cup semifinals. We begin this news in the u. S. Where the state department has released records related to its dealings with ukraine that a 100 page document was made public after a freedom of information request by an ethics watchdog it confirms multiple contacts between secretary of state mike pump a. O. And Donald Trumps personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani earlier this year the exchanges took place in the months before but then the u. S. Ambassador to ukraine marie you have out of it was recalled it supports testimony at the impeachment inquiry that senior officials were in the loop on efforts to pressure kiev into investigating trumps rival joe biden lets go live to washington d. C. John hendren is more is there john what more do we know about these documents how did they come to light. Adrian we are still going through these documents that came out in a civil lawsuit against
The force is strong with this one. So are some of the technical glitches a rocky start for disneys new streaming service. Worldwide exchange begins right now. Arguably the best song of the year by luna welcome. I am Brian Sullivan. It is wednesday, november 13, 2019 futures now are down dow futures are off about 112 points no big news driving that maybe it is impeachment or Something Else or is that the markets will go higher every day. The nasdaq posting another record high. Get this, the dow was literally unchanged yesterday. That is the first time that has happened since april 2014 and only the third time in the last 19 years to finish exactly 0. 0. Think about that you did it there you go bond market over the last couple of weeks go up overnight in asia, down day in japan. Not today, it lost about. 8 protests spiraling out of control. Well get more on this in a minute not really, a lot of red in the screen it has been a good year for these markets as well. More in moments but first
And forget this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up accusations and insults between President Trump and a senior puerto rican official at the u. S. As the u. S. Caribbean territory struggles to recover from hurricane maria. A rare admission by secretary of state Rex Tillerson the u. S. Is in direct talks with north korea. And searching for justice one mans case against police in new york is highlighted in a new documentary. As voters continue to go to the polls the Spanish Government is called catalonia is controversial session referendum illegal and unconstitutional the remarks come several hours after polls opened and scenes of violence by Spains National police towards voters a polling stations government says that more than three hundred people have been injured spains deputy Prime Minister says the Police Response was proportional will be speaking to aljazeera Tony Berkeley who was in madrid for the latest but first lets speak with. A whole his reporting for us from barcel