Leading to the square they want a change of government and accuse the current board of corruption a call you have got out to protesters to block main roads in baghdad a major highways in the south access. Police used live ammunition and fight a gas in the attempt to disperse the crowds in the capital but a standoff a suit lost in several i was angry iraq is determined to get the message across the west side of the fence if you had. The idea isnt just blocking the roads all the people here offer straighted so we make noise here to make sure that we are heard a lot about the shape of the days do you want to for months no one has listen to our demands theyre killing us its just bloodshed. Throughout the day took took 3 wheelers have been ferrying take us victims to makeshift hospitals like this one. I went to Tyrone Square in baghdad and the people wanted me to help them i was also attacked by tear gas i fell down the Security Forces have been using tear gas and live ammunition. Iraqs Nat
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Declared winner of afghanistans president ial election 5 months after the vote took place. The u. N. Says the Syrian Government is hitting hospitals schools and camps for displaced people with air strikes in northwest syria as it keeps up its offensive to capture the last rebel stronghold close 2900000 civilians have fled conflict zones in and western aleppo since the beginning of december overwhelming aid agencies 80 percent of them are women and children forced into increasingly smaller safe areas the Un Human Rights Office says its recorded 299 civilian deaths since january the 1st around 93 percent of them caused by an Syrian Government and its allies in that time the un says 12 medical facilities and 19 schools have been directly hit or damaged by syrian and russian airstrikes with 2 hospitals hit on monday. The sheer quantity of attacks on these hospitals medical facilities schools. Would suggest to you cant all be accidental. And at a minimum even if they were accidental it show
Been infected by the corona virus but a new study finds around 80 percent of all cases are mild. And spore of the Australian Open champion suffers a shock 1st round defeat american sophia cannon loses her 1st deputy tore a match following her triumph in melbourne. We begin in libya where medical sources say 3 civilians have been killed after a rocket attacks on aaa sports forces loyal to warlord Khalifa Haftar say theyve been targeting weapons dept hose all fuel vessels have been ordered to leave for safer waters and libyas National Oil Company says they will be made into schools hospitals and power stations it comes as representatives from the countrys warring signs hold ceasefire talks in geneva on diplomatic editor jim spaced reports. The porch of the libyan capital tripoli under attack general have to say forces carried out the indiscriminate strikes about the same time that 5 of his representatives sat down at the u. N. In geneva for talks with 5 from the internationally recognize
Declared winner of afghanistans president ial election 5 months after the vote took place. We begin with breaking news on libya as the internationally recognized government pulls out of ceasefire talks off the wall o. Khalifa haftar us forces hit tripoli in a rocket attack 3 civilians were killed in the assault on the citys ports all fuel vessels have been ordered to leave for safer waters and libyas National Oil Company says there will be major disruption to schools hospitals and power stations the tripoli based government insists the u. N. Mediated meetings cannot continue until the world takes a clear stand on what it calls how fatahs violations. Well in a moment the latest from chip live with my good after one heads but 1st our diplomatic editor james bays joins us live from geneva where the talks were taking place james i dont know whether youve managed to get any reaction yet but in a way is it surprising that theyve decided to hold the talks with whats going on across in tripoli