On the streets and bella who says president Alexander Lukashenko faces a deadline to step down and the opposition in seychelles wins the presidency for the 1st time in more than 14 years im joining us there with the sports as britains Lewis Hamilton wins his 92nd race at the portuguese grand prix to eclipse Michael Schumacher in time or. Thank you very much for joining us we begin this news hour in iraq where thousands of people have returned to the streets refusing to back down until their demands for political change are met the rallies mark a year since the beginning of a mass protest movement against government corruption a lack of jobs and the growing influence of iran but the protests lost momentum then came to a stop because of coronavirus restrictions early as security for. Fired tear gas at crowds trying to get into baghdads fortified green zone since the unrest began last year at least 600. 00 protesters have been killed and thousands more injured the outrage forced Prime Min
There was a group of protesters who tried to cross the concrete barricades there are several levels of concrete barrier through a free i believe so they crossed the 1st barricades at which point the Security Forces deployed tear gas to push them back in the protesters subsequently weave through were were not hearing at this point of any. Any any lifo violence that is actually claimed the lives of the protesters so far only fear of gas well those who have been used to repel protesters who have tried to penetrate the fortified green zone. Protesters in belo rules say time is up for president Alexander Lukashenko to resign police have fired tear gas and arrested dozens of people in the western town of the leader Opposition Leader said lana to an os chaos says look i must step down by midnight will face a crippling general strike in chile a polling stations are open for a referendum on whether to change the constitution mass protests that sounded last year led to the vote demonstrators say
Lukashenko faces a deadline to step down and the winds of change and says shall the opposition wins the presidency for the 1st time in more than 14 b. S. I am. Thank you very much for joining us thousands of people have returned to the streets in iraq refusing to back down until their demands for political change are met the ranis mark a year since the beginning of a mass protest movement against government corruption a lack of jobs and the growing influence of iran but the protests lost momentum then came to assault because of the coronavirus fun demick earlier Security Forces fired tear gas at crowds trying to get into baghdads fortified green zone since the young race began last year at least 600. 00 protesters have been killed and thousands more injured the outrage force Prime Minister added laptev mahdi to resign not november iraqs new leaders however have yet to deliver major reforms aljazeera simona 14 is following developments in back dot. There has been from violence just abou
A surprise discovery on the moon a frozen water on the sunlit surface could be just the tone from manned missions. The u. S. Senate has begun voting on the appointment of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court appointment to the lifetime post seems assured by the republican controlled body the process to get her into the role was fast tracked following the death of Justice Ruth Bader ginsberg last month a confirmation will give conservatives a 63 majority on the countrys highest Court Democrats say your appointment should have come after the upcoming president ial election as bring in al and fisher hes on capitol hill for the debate is taking place the democrats really did not want this to go ahead but despite their best efforts it seems the republicans are going to be able to push this through. Im just watching the pictures from the senate floor gone through the voting yes its been announced my understanding in my total is that 52. 00 republican senators have voted in favor 48. 00 hav
Overseas french territories in france itself curfews will affect 70 percent of the countrys population on thursday france became the 2nd the United Nation to have more than a 1000000 confirmed cases Spains Health minister is warning of more drastic measures it reached a 1000000 infection market self on wednesday the government is accused of mishandling the crisis but it did survive a no confidence vote in parliament and germany is seeing a rise in infections the daily count there is up above 10000 for the 1st time well above the numbers seen during the 1st wave in march but testing has increased significantly and italy to more than 16000. 00 new cases reported there thats a new daily record in the Italian Region of lombardy which was the worst hit at the beginning of the year a nighttime curfew is in place. In other news a vote on the confirmation of u. S. Supreme Court Nominee amy county barrett will be held on monday fast tracked nomination has been one of the topics in the lead up t