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
Back down after their Prime Minister ignore said demands to quit. Security forces in iraq have fired tear gas and water cannon at protesters who were trying to get into baghdads fortified green zone. Thousands of antigovernment protesters were back on the streets of the capital after suspending their demonstrations because of coronavirus restrictions a protest against corruption and unemployment 1st began a year ago hundreds of people have been killed since that simona 14 is following developments in fact that. There has been from the violence just about a half an hour ago on the republican bridge which is if you go behind us to the left which crosses over to the green zone which out of the federal government offices there was a group of protesters would. Price controls the concrete barricades there are several levels of property bear 2. 00 or 3 i believe so they cross the 1st barricade at which point the Security Forces the boys here gas to push them back in the protesters subsequentl
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
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
Death of a poet singer who was banned for supporting the antigovernment protests and the human cost of a conflict hospitals in the disputed region of her going to cut about the field victims of the war between armenia and azerbaijan. To the World Health Organizations announced a record one day global jump in corona virus infections nearly 339000 people diagnosed with covert 19 over the past 24 hours heres the Johns Hopkins university tracker the red number on the left up above 36000000 infections the white number to the right is the 1000000 or over 1000000 people who are known to have died but there are also a lot more than 25025000000 who have a cough it. But were going to take you through europe with the pandemic is getting worse as winter approaches france 1st of all recording more than 18000 new cases for the 2nd day running pressure growing on hospitals especially in and around paris germany that had been praised for so long for its response but it seemed 4000 new cases in the pas