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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A state of emergency new measures are in place across europe to stop the spread of covert 19. Call for a nationwide strike in belo to sell off to the president ignores the oppositions demand to step down. As a festive mood in chile where a referendum to change the constitution looks likely to pass with an overwhelming majority since polls closed 3 hours ago people have been gathering at a popular square in the capital to celebrate the government agreed to the referendum following protests against social and economic inequalities which began one year ago on latin america editor on the scene human is joining us now from santiago it seems from the very early hours of this referendum the people were absolutely convinced that this was going to go ahead. Absolutely and they were right in fact with nearly 90 percent of the votes already counted it has been and landslide in favor of those who wanted or rather in favor of the choice of rewriting to constitution what im seeing now is Something L
A wide range of topics from the pandemic to Race Relations but who came out on top also coming up as covert cases in germany break the 10000 mark for the 2nd day running countries across europe are imposing strict lock downs in a desperate attempt to strip to slow the spread of the virus. And nigerias president calls on demonstrators to stop protests. Across the country the prison was set on fire amid ongoing protests against Police Brutality Rights Groups say 12 protesters were killed in the commercial capital lagos. Im told me a lot of well welcome to the program u. S. President donald trump and his democratic challenger joe biden have traded blows in a final t. V. Debate in. Nashville tennessee well less than 2 weeks to go before election day the exchange was a lot more civil than the ill tempered 1st debate between the 2 men a large chunk of the 90 minutes was given over to the coronavirus been demick with the president defending his record and biden going on the attack lets take a
A state of emergency in place new measures to stop the spread of code 19 across europe. Trouble brewing in ivory coast tens of thousands of police are deployed ahead of this weeks president ial election. We begin in chile where with most of the votes counted a referendum to change the constitution is on course to pass with an overwhelming majority since polls close several hours ago thousands of people have been gathering at a popular square in the capital to celebrate it was a focal point of last years often violent protests against social and economic inequalities the government agreed to the referendum following those demonstrations chiles current constitution was imposed 4 decades ago under the military dictatorship of pinochet early results suggest people want a body of specially elected citizens to draft the new charter which will then go to a nationwide vote. Tellus president Sebastian Pinera called on the nation to work together. The most of this referendum is not the end it is