Still resisting calls to resign. U. S. Vice president my pads continues campaigning off reports suggest at least 5 senior Staff Members have tested positive for the coronavirus. We begin the program in chile where voters have just a few hours left to cost that ballot in a historic referendum on whether to change the countrys constitution a vote as 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 where more than 14000000. 00 people eligible to vote including the president Sebastian Pinera who caused his vote in the capital santiago the been long queues of people outside polling stations and sold. As a controlling and treat with strict sanitary measures because of the crown of our demick our latin america has only seen human has more now. Message impossible to miss displayed in full each of these presid
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
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
Santiago. The constitution remember it was written under the pinochet dictatorship and it does make it very difficult for reforms to be to be made in a way that would not be unconstitutional so its been a kind of a long and tough and very very difficult process over the last 30 years since the return to democracy and chileans are saying its time to say enough and start from scratch Security Forces in iraq have farms tear gas of protesters trying to get into baghdads fortified green zone the demonstrations against corruption and unemployment 1st began a year ago france has registered a record of new daily infections with more than 52000 confirmed cases and sunday several other European Countries including italy and spain are now imposing stricter measures as infection rates sore. Cameroons blaming a massacre at a school and separatist on groups witnesses say the attackers used guns and machetes and victims it happened in the city of kumba in an English Speaking region at least 8 childre
Agrees on a new government. And iran accuses the trunk administration of conspiring to starve its people and the u. S. Imposes new sanctions on iranian banks. Russia says armenia and azerbaijan have agreed to send their Foreign Ministers to moscow for peace talks as the latest effort to end increasingly violent conflict over the region of the. Mediators from the u. S. Russia and france also mean holding talks in geneva to find a resolution all media accuses ery forces of shelling the historic cathedral in the corner of our back on thursday i mean yes says several journalists were injured in the strikes which knocked over pews and left rubble strewn across the floor. Well hundreds of people have died in fighting over the last 2 weeks the disputed territories officially part of azerbaijan is controlled by ethnic kamini and you have reporters in azerbaijan and armenia but his method is n. P. R. s allison garcia. In azerbaijan 1st of all lets go over to. The russians are saying that the ar