Chile and that by changing it that would that would read the country of the last vestiges of the military dictatorship under which this constitution the what its in place now was written but changing it to a new one which presumably will happen could take at least 2 years we also dont know whether it will be decided by a mix of senators and congressmen that would make a 50 percent of the delegates of a new constituent assembly and the rest would be voted in a pot by popular vote or whether the entire constituent assembly will be made up of people voted democratically. Protesters have held projectiles and Security Forces have responded with tear gas in iraq thousands of people on the streets of the capital to mark a year since antigovernment protests went the country a number of injuries reported in baghdad with demonstrations also in the cities of najaf and. Protests as well and better reuss with people saying time is up for the president Alexander Lukashenko to resign thousands of bee
Resign. U. S. Vice president might bans continues campaigning off the reports suggest at least 5 senior Staff Members have tested positive for corona virus. And a ban on Nuclear Weapons will soon become a reality but is it worth the paper its written on. The program we begin this news hour in chile where voters i have just a few hours left to cost their ballot in a historic referendum on whether to change the countrys constitution a vote is a result of fierce antigovernment protests which of consume the country since last year at the heart of the unrest lingering inequality enshrined in the current constitution which was enacted decades ago during the pinochet dictatorship more than 14000000. 00 people are eligible to vote including president Sebastian Pinera who cost his votes in the capital santiago they have been long queues of people outside polling stations and soldiers a controlling entry with strict sanitary measures obviously because of the pandemic our latin america editor you
Make up your own. Made for mines text. A rocky road to recovery the International Monetary fund war in Subsaharan African country to expect hardship governments grapple with both and helped an economic crisis well talk to the i. M. F. The african director. Also coming up keep africa greens environmentalist in kenya are furious those reports the u. S. Oil industry is lobbying trade to go cheaters to accept america to its weight and. Business im paid for it from thanks for joining me african economies can expect to face significant hardship as they embark on a recovery from the coronavirus that the warning from the International Monetary funds latest regional report for Subsaharan Africa countries in the region are expected to see a 3 percent contraction in Economic Activity this here the worst outcome on record other factors affecting the recovery include the resilience of Health Systems and the availability of funding experts warn it could take up to 4 years for african countries to re
A state of emergency new measures are in place across europe to stop the spread of covert 19. A call for a nationwide strike in belarus self to the president ignores the oppositions demand to step down. Polls have just closed in a historic referendum in chile people are deciding whether to overhaul the constitution which critics say as led to widespread inequalities for decades the vote a result of fierce antigovernment protests which of overwhelmed the country since last year if the referendum passes Guiding Principles imposed 4 decades ago under a military dictatorship could be replaced president Sebastian Pinera believes the measure will be approved latin america editor of the sea and human is joining us now from a polling station in santiago to see if this is an. About the part of the constitution itself its also about whos going to rewrite it imho its going to be written isnt it. Oh theres so much at that that we dont know but right now at this very moment the polls have just clos
Arms embargo on iran has expired after 13 years it was lifted as part of the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers the us withdrew from the pact in 2018 its voiced strong opposition to any easing of sanctions also jabar is in town with more this lifting of the sanctions is seen as more of a political win for iran its something president Hassan Rouhani it said just in the past few days that its a very important step for the year a new nation for them to have something specific intangible as a result of the Nuclear Agreement of 2015 now just to give you an idea of how much money iran spends on its defense of program it between 2016 in 2013 it was around 45 percent of its g. D. P. That was between 18. 00 and 22000000000. 00 thats not likely to change. Good lens are heading to the polls in a tense election for follows months of unrest and theyll be 5000000 eligible voters are choosing between 12 candidates including incumbent president alpha conde and his longtime rival solo delhi and diallo