that's going to solve the problem. to bring. rescuers look for survivors after what john says was a missile attack by a mania that's killed 12 people. in jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. 6 violent scenes in chile as thousands turned out to mark the anniversary of mass protests that rocked the country plus. the economy laced with chemicals and sprayed on crowds in thailand during another day of protests

demanding political reform. a school teacher is knifed to death in paris and what the french president described as an attack on freedom of expression. we begin with breaking news and an escalation in the conflict between armenia and azerbaijan azerbaijan says at least 12 people have been killed by an armenian missile attack in the 2nd largest as every city of gunja it's been hit repeatedly since fighting broke out over the disputed region of the gorno karabakh 3 weeks ago rescue efforts are now underway it's one of the biggest attacks since a russian broken ceasefire came into effect last week for the al-jazeera is the name cos the owner joins us on the phone now from what more can you tell us about this missile attack on guns and the latest on casualties. well. you know we have been reporting about those attacks especially towards canada for the last 2 weeks

and this is just another one that hit the city after midnight while people people were sleeping or is you know that there's a look at. what the schools the old city district in ganja where the old buildings are and the eyewitnesses say that the impact is large and there are 2 rockets actually that hit then officials claim these rockets 1 1 from inside are mania. touchy of assistant to the president as a base jumper since you have no idea he also spoke to one of those turkish news outlets and said the rocket was fired from inside iran yet this is important because so far the top officials in azerbaijan have been claiming that i've been saying that the rockets especially the targeting engendering get to the city where i am right now are fired from inside our main and this is what the armenian side

has. repeatedly projected declines and. there was another rocket that hits me as i said the area where i am. and as per the oficial the air defense systems that are located here have intercepted before the rockets hit the ground then he activated 2 cities ganja and making it cherish are the targets for the armenian forces right now i mean those are based on gender is the 2nd largest city with 300 more than 350000 population it is far from the front line far from the contact line more than 100 kilometers of peace and forming it's again one of the biggest cities it's an industrial city there is a huge water them a high trip of a complex. and there's an electricity probably and which provide. these are more than 60 about 70 percent of our garbage on the electricity in the city has been

repeated the repeated targeted and that drive people are worried that's why people every having speaking to people going again just going that's just a couple 1 of days ago and they were telling us that they're not sleeping at night because they're thought for is that basically with the car because they can't and here everybody discusses the feeling is are judging why those cities which is far from the context which is on top of the war zone 5 being targeted to the question by everyone all right some coffee over there in maine getcha has an m.t.a. for that. now iran is in chile attending a violent ahead of the anniversary of last year's massive demonstrations it was mainly peaceful in the day but riot police are now firing tear gas and water cannon sunday marks one year since the protests began and thousands were injured and 30 people were killed the government was forced to call a referendum to overhaul the constitution when the see a new and a lot of america at the joins us live now from the chilean capital santiago lisieux

you've been out on the streets among the protesters tell us what's been happening that. well as you well said it started off peacefully enough this was the largest gathering the largest demonstration in fact to even know what has been nicknamed ground 0 in santiago the main protest gathering area and thousands of people were out there it was the largest gathering and fact since march when the pandemic started in a state of emergency was declared here in chile and all gatherings were banned there is a curfew still in place it's just started a short while ago in fact but people dismissed that ban and went out in very very large numbers most of the people are saying it's time to get back on the streets and as they also to commemorate the one year anniversary of what here is called the social explosion that began on october the 18th then that led to months and months of protests and forced the government to at least agreed to

a referendum that's going to be held on the 25th of this month to ask chileans whether the green or not to rewrite the constitution this was one of the main demands of the protesters but by no means the only demand and the riot police this time were very very well equipped in fact and during that break i just mentioned the government bought some of the best as they say state of the art and disturbance equipment and we had a taste of it ourselves just a few hours ago very very strong tear gas acid laced water cannon this is chemical lazed water cannon liquid that when you touch is your skin or it gets into your eyes and burns it's something like pepper spray and so they really were able to scatter people but some of the demonstrators gave as good as they got they were armed with molotov cocktails and we saw at least 2 police armored vehicles set on fire by these these fire bombs so it was pretty dramatic we saw there some of the

pictures of the protests a bit earlier on as you were saying there's a constitutional referendum happening in just over a week or so how is that likely to play now. i don't think that's going to put an end to the protests although that was certainly the hope of the government and the political parties that it greed to do it very reluctantly i must say but of that of the protesters there many of them said they were there for precisely to show their support for that referendum which is will be historic others though are more such are a bit more wary they'd be distrustful they say that if the government and the political parties the institutions of the country were willing to go along with it there must be something wrong or there must be a trick so that more and are there more if you want to call them the radical protesters say that this is not going to stop them from continuing to go out on the streets and make their demands that in many cases that's done violently are right to listen human there in the chilean capital santiago to see

a thank you or let's bring in christine as if when tasha is a journalist and joins us live now from santiago i'm christina so we've now seen this resurgence of the protests that rocked chile over a year ago when you look at the pictures tonight you were there in santiago i mean how worried are you about the violent clashes that we're now seeing between the police and the demonstrators on the streets. i won't be seeing have been seen in the area in the in the city center of some thiago you if you go to all here in this city is very quiet and actually we have now a curfew that it's not really respected but the thing is there's a lot of focus in this so birds in the hour scare substance jagow so these these kind of going to increase in the next day probably 2 more on sunday will be the big demonstration indeed supposed to be a lot of buy ins on sunday that that was what he suspected and christina many of the protesters are calling for social reforms on things like pensions and health

care and there's this constitutional referendum in just over a week or so in chile just think that will end the protests. no definitely not what is really worrying it's their sick patients many people has sold the hopes on the referendum and i think that it's really high expectations that they fulfill all of their demands but we know that a new constitution will not solve all the problems have with god the new quality about how system the education systems and about pensions say obviously this is not going to and that the practice this is going to continue there in fact there is their survey recently that it says 71 percent of chilean thing that these they continue their practice will continue. and christina people in santiago have also been on a happy about harsh lockdown restrictions over the coronavirus pandemic has that made things worse do you think. not really we haven't seen the

same protests as we've seen in other countries talking europe or even in the united states of people who actually have the lock down people has obeyed but the finis many young people now they decided because the date of the referendum said prayer chain they decided that now is time to get out on the streets again and protest but that the condemned makes also because the country has been better but has paid very hardly we have a high rate of $7700.00 per 1000000 at this so one it's of very high rating we also have a lot of cases 1000 of gates's more than 480000 cases say we don't really make just but quiet it quiet down the protests now they think they have to stay started to take the streets again just a final thought to you i mean the security forces

a year ago had been accused of being heavy handed during those protests over 30 people were killed and president sebastian pinera promised to investigate police abuse but nothing seems to have come out from that. not really there's been a lot of colds for a hue for reforms some editorials in the papers have asked for that and many politicians have the in the opposition have asked for for a big reform and we know that reform we will take years we have a reformation of another police force that we have that he was so also linked to the military redeemed that we had and that took 25 years say nothing has been done so far and we expect that now they say if there is a big reform over the police. in santiago thank you very much indeed for talking to al-jazeera festina thank you thank you. 5 protesters in thailand have ended their

friday demonstration at the defiant government ban on gatherings for the 3rd day in a row. protest organizers the crowds to return home and avoid more confrontations with riot police security forces used water cannon to break up a barricade set up by demonstrators in the center of the capital bangkok where demonstrators are calling for the prime minister's resignation and reforms to the monarchy stop hiding reports now from bangkok. face to face in bangkok anti-government protesters entire police got into a violent confrontation 3 months in the making. the mostly peaceful demonstrations started in july but for the 2nd date thousands ignored the risk of arrest under emergency decree issued the day before as promised in an announcement just after the violence began tired already began using everything at their disposal to stop the protests including water cannon with burning agent laced with water the protesters are demanding a new constitution reform of the monarchy and the resignation of the cabinet

including prime minister play of something he dismissed on friday as he explained the reasons for the emergency order if you look at that. as you are all aware of the situation the government must use the emergency decree we have to proceed because the situation has become violent with some things that have never happened before. the protests started like the other 2 peaceful protests earlier in the week it's location was changed at the last minute to confuse the security forces they continued their call for the release of the top protest organizers who were arrested on thursday morning. but about an hour into it the police made their move after several barricades were taken down and police advance on the protesters many tried to blend into the surrounding neighborhood. even though the leadership has officially called off the protest for the night riot police are clearing out the area of the original site for that protest earlier in the evening the big question now for the leadership is how do they move forward with the protests scotter out just here in bangkok. french police say a teacher has been beheaded in

a suburb in northwestern paris the attack an 18 year old man was shot dead by offices shortly after the incident earlier this month the teacher had shown people his cartoons depicting the prophet muhammad from the satirical magazine shockley adult a new can see to it. one of our fellow citizens was murdered today because he was a teacher because he was teaching students freedom of expression freedom to believe and not to believe that compatriot was attacked in a cowardly fashion he was the victim of a characteristic islamist terrorist attack natasha butler has more now from paris what we understand from a police spokesperson is that it was around 5 o'clock in the often noon local time here in frogs in called santa ana reading a small town in the suburb northwest of paris when police approached a young man they say in in the street in a residential area not far from the school they say this young man had been acting

suspiciously when they approached him he threatened them they say he had a knife in his hands he was armed and then they opened fire they shot him dead now when they then approached the attack of the been shot dead they looked and about 200 meters away police say they. saw the body of a man on the ground police say that body had been decapitated now what we understand is that the victim was in fact a professor of history a teacher of history i should say in a secondary school high school i think you'd say in france not far from the scene where he was killed police say that it was just last week that this teacher had actually taken a bunch of students and he had been teaching them about freedom of expression freedom of speech should have been a class and what he had shown them during that class as part of it was the front of

the charlie hebdo newspaper that had some cartoons of the prophet mohammed and what police are saying is that they believe the attack is linked to the fact that those teacher showed those cartoons now police have a little bit more information about the attack and he was born in 2002 seems only 18 years old he was actually born in moscow. new zealanders are voting on whether to give prime minister just a 2nd term in office nearly half of new zealand 3500000 eligible voters cast early ballots ahead of saturday's election 0 center left government is facing a challenge from the conservative opposition led by judith collins new zealanders are also voting on referendums to legalize euthanasia and recreational cannabis. lots more so the coming out is there including warnings of an imminent in getting candidates make a final push in an increasingly divisive election plus. a

new challenge for pakistan's prime minister and one can as opposition parties form an alliance against him more on that saying stay with us. it's like it's going to be changeable week a week into 2 halves for japan we've got some wet weather now in the process of pushing a fair amount of cloud rolling in here and that says days pitcher a soggy saturday 15 years cold wet fairly miserable hang on in there come sunday it will brighten up the sunshine coming through temperatures getting up to around 20 celsius 20 celsius in seoul and in beijing as well so some fine dry weather across the korean peninsula northern parts of china got some showers into central china then quite a keen northeasterly praise fading down towards the south china sea still facing

some very heavy rain into vietnam i'm afraid on that brace we'll see some much weather coming back in here the 200 millimeters of rain in the space of just 24 hours in them for there is more where that come from we're going to see more heavy downpours coming into central northern parts of vietnam something of a tropical disturbance making its way in here as you go on through the next couple of days that's pretty wet across a good part of. and that's pretty wet across the western side of in there as well mumbai 108 millimeters of rain in one day nearly 200 millimeters of rain in just a couple of days and the average for all time birthday to one millimeters so very wet that's could see of this system now which is moving out into the arabian sea. been. 'd held for over 3 years in an egyptian prison cell deny the right to a fair trial no charges have been brought against al jazeera correspondent must

move into saying his crime journalism. to demand my new truths and voice solidarity with all detained journalists sign the petition. free news saying. welcome back a quick reminder the top stories here this hour 12 people are reported have been killed in a missile attack on azerbaijan 2nd biggest city ganja a massive rescue effort is underway the city's been repeatedly hit since fighting broke out with armenia over the disputed region of the going to occur about 3 weeks ago. rallies are turning violent in chile ahead of the anniversary of last year's

massive demonstrations demanding social reforms it's been mainly peaceful joy in the day but riot police are now firing tear gas and water cannon. french police say a teacher has been beheaded in a suburb of northwestern paris police say the teacher had earlier shown cartoons of the prophet muhammad to students president tonight your macro has condemned what he called an islam ist terrorist attack. u.s. president donald trump is out campaigning in states he won in 2016 he addressed his supporters in macon georgia where he explained his campaign's low fundraising numbers stating he could be the world's greatest fundraiser if he wanted he held a rally in florida earlier where he reached out to senior citizens. democratic nominee joe biden is campaigning in detroit before that during another campaign stop in michigan he spoke about health care and again attacked president trump's handling of the pandemic well with 3 weeks to go before election day huge numbers

of voters have already made their choice more than 22000000 americans have cost early ballots a large turnout is attributed at least in part to people wanting to keep away from large crowds and the risk of coronavirus on the van the 3rd several states including battlegrounds like wisconsin michigan and florida have already passed 20 percent of their total 2016 vote the political data firm target early says so far more democratic party supporters are voting among republicans voting is down compared to this time in early twenty's 16 and recorded corona virus infections are past 8000000 in the u.s. but there is new hope a vaccine could be available by the end of the year the drug giant pfizer says it could file for regulator approval next month pfizer is in late stage trials involving $40000.00 people and companies waiting on safety data. regional leaders in latin america are calling on bolivia's government to ensure

a free and fair presidential election on sunday the vote will be key to the direction of the country after a fraught ballot last year a disputed poll led to the resignation of the former president. and plunged the indian country into turmoil to his abode explains. son was buried in a mass grave in the cemetery he was a victim of covert 19 element that element then unfortunately he was buried in this grave i'm very outraged there are individual graves and my son was not given the opportunity what can i do this is the way locke is off to. believe he has lost more than 8000 people took over 1000 and the numbers are climbing it's against this backdrop that voters head to the polls this weekend to elect the country's president. the elections have already been postponed twice because of colvin 19 and as the country deals with more than 180000 infections and then

overwhelmed hospital system health care is for many people a leading election issue i don't see that others on the list the pandemic or us in a critical situation in the country in the hospitals we didn't have enough intensive care units i want a president will give us the health care system we deserve. instability has been on the rise in the country after former president evo morales was forced to resign last year he was accused of committing fraud voters will have to choose between the candidate of avon what alice party. and former president. polls suggest there might be a 2nd round. in the 1st round power is at stake because the 1st round will define congress in the 2nd round will define who will be the next president there's a deep crisis because we're facing problems of all sorts economic social political . we need to have minimum standards to decrease the level of conflict what's at

stake in the election is bolivia is democratic system electorate say they're taking all the necessary measures to prevent the spread of the virus like preventing physical contact between voters and officials in the polling stations. inside each station the electoral notaries eye in charge of guaranteeing that voters won't be in contact with others that their weary face must improve around and a type of racial at a polling site. is in desperate need of political stability and peace elections are crucial to guarantee the next president has the legitimacy needed to help the country recover. and. not just as candidates in guinea's presidential elections held their final rallies a military camp was attacked late on thursday security forces are on high alert on the bar the entrance to the capital city center in the run up to sunday's polls

before. it's time for me to become your president a final gathering for opposition candidate said. after he called on the military to come out and vote president alpha condé out of power soldiers attacked the military camp in kindi where the rally was held killing the camp commander a close ally to the president in an interview with al jazeera in september jello warned about growing discontent in the ranks of the military to do with the risk of a coup israel us we would rather see them stay put in their barracks but so far they've always been on the side of the dictator. i hope that our soldiers will change their position and stand by the guinea and people whose. government shut the country's borders and is restricting internet access over security concerns the presidential guards have been deployed in the capital who are setting up checkpoints tension is rising ahead of sunday's polls so this is only. by.

this kind of press in this. problem. and so for me that is the one thing in the kind of real. way i think that to. increase in them strongly. the octogenarian president amended the constitution allowing him to run a 3rd mandate suppressing demonstrations in a referendum boycotted by civil society and the opposition during a campaign marred by violence called a stoked ethnic divisions in this multi ethnic country make up the majority but never has a full on been elected to power jello is hoping to be the 1st with the slogan to unite and serve in a bid to bring together a country bitterly divided ahead of the polls because hawke al-jazeera.

crowds have been out on the streets in syria's. last rebel held region demanding president bashar al assad step down protest has also denounced attacks on in the province by pro-government forces this week human rights watch accused the syrian russian alliance of committing possible war crimes by talking civilians in evidence . now an alliance of opposition parties in pakistan has called for a series of anti-government protests the pakistan democratic movement accuses the government led by prime minister him and khan of failing on multiple fronts commodified i went to the rally in the city a good one was. done go thousands of paper out of a country watching on the 5th largest the day gets done good for a while which is also the industrial help of the country now due to the combined efforts by the opposition far did ranging from the far right good up was left there god forbid trying to exert pressure on the government to resign and have always

been alleged that the government was elected after massive rigging day out of call it also a member of the same parliament the government has allowed the opposition to hold a large rally edgewise a. still pretty much before large because of the danger of body surgeon go over to 19 but the people we have seen are of bolivia it's true that today it is going to be important to also see whether these political parties that have now come under our common agenda are going to try to exert pressure and to be able to stand a movement. today we are waging protest for the rights of 220000000 pakistanis for the rights of jobless people and business communities for the rights of course farmers and those lady health workers who are protesting and islam about for their service benefits and for their respect for the vote of ordinary people of this country. and the differences britain they all. and i've

always said that the failure of. a warning sign for the present government. regulating to ever live economy the opposition to the government of prime minister cameron fond of management of the economy and they're now threatening to raise countrywide protests. imran khan has not fulfilled any of his promises he has made before elections he has fooled all of us by giving false hopes we all the jobs he has promised and where is the face of new pakistan today everyone is repenting on his selection. has failed miserably he has mismanaged the economy and the poor people are facing huge inflation and unemployment this day should be marked as the end of iran's era and he should immediately resign before it's too late. there's

a political party from the far left or the far right and it will be important for. in order the british version of the government to resign and they're. really critical but the government on the other hand say there's a hell bent on rooting out corruption and i did something that the opposition is saying is being political right. call. time for a quick check of the headlines on al-jazeera azerbaijan's as at least 12 people have been killed in a missile attack on its 2nd biggest city ganja a massive rescue effort is underway the area has been repeatedly hit since fighting broke out of the media over the disputed region of nagorno-karabakh 3 weeks ago so i'm called has more now from baquba we have been reporting about those attacks especially which can't afford.