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
The u. S. In years. And the embattled president of turns to russia. Just a crackdown 20 journalists are among those detained. For so. Im told me welcome to the show. Trump is expected to accept the u. S. Republican partys nomination speech on the south lawn of the white house in about an hour from now the u. S. President acceptance of the nomination the 4 day g. O. P. Convention that has seen the republicans pitch themselves the party of law and order the closing speech comes amid simmering tension over Police Shootings and racism. They all went out on the streets of washington d. C. And found people all starkly divided in their expectations of trump so what do you think hes focusing on tonight. Oh man lets see. Bringing the country together im a lot of nonsense a lot of a lot of grasping at straws a lot of misinformation a lot of lies. This but it would just prefer just hope and pray for another 4 great 4 years like we just had so thats what were looking forward to why why oh because
You can hear that live tuesday at 9 30 a. M. Eastern on cspan and cspan. Org or listen live with the radio out. With 85 days to go before election 2020 we are joined by the managing editor at the university of Virginia Center for politics. We start in the battle of control for the senate. If you had to pick a hand to play right now would you rather be in the position of democrats or republicans . Guest the democrats are going to lose in alabama. Fourneed to net or when republican seats to get to a 5050 tie. Democrats look good in the senate races of arizona and colorado. They are favored and there are better than 5050 in North Carolina and maine, two other republican seats. The tricky thing for democrats is, once you get beyond those states, they have other targets, but none of them are as good as those four. Theate Playing Field core targets look good for democrats and if you are winning 53ate majority you want 52 so you have majority. You cannot have any vacancies. Host in terms of e