A state of emergency in new measures are in place across europe to stop the spread of covert 19. A call for a nationwide strike in belo rose after the president ignores the oppositions demand to step down. Celebrations are underway in chile where of looks like a referendum to change the constitution is set to pass with an overwhelming majority these are live pictures from the capital santiago many say the current guidelines imposed 4 decades ago under a military dictatorship have led to widespread inequalities the government agreed to the referendum following protests that began one year ago. In america added to the scene newman is joining us now from from santiago give us an idea of what the mood is like on the streets because it does seem as though. People are pretty confident that even though the final results are not yet in this is going to go ahead. Youre absolutely right there seems to be very little question about whether its i mean rather its not about whether but by how much t
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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
Armed with guns and machetes can at least 8 children during a raid on a school in southwest cameroon drawing widespread condemnation. For the 1st time in more than 40 years the opposition in seychelles has won the president ial voters. And an International Ban on Nuclear Weapons is set to come into force but will a commitment by 15 nations translate into action. Im going to go with the sports with all eyes on Lewis Hamilton who is aiming for a record 92nd victory in formula one to be the head of michael schumacher. Well we begin this news out in iraq where thousands of antigovernment protesters are back on the streets of the capital baghdad they had suspended their rallies because of coronavirus restrictions. Those demonstrations against corruption and unemployment began a year ago now in the months since hundreds of people have been killed or injured when its going Straight Talk correspondents manifolds entries in baghdad for us someone who we saw thousands turned out today and i unde