face. calling for change in chile tens of thousands running across the country some protests descend into violence. come about us and this is all it is a real live from doha also coming up counting is underway in guinea and a high stakes presidential vote tear gas and warning shots are fired in the capital as opposition supporters claim victory. another ceasefire on the edge of collapse the u.n. chief says azerbaijan and armenia are ignoring international calls to stop fighting . and united in horror and tribute rallies across france to honor

a teacher beheaded over a lesson. protesters demanding social reforms and a new constitution in chile have held the largest demonstrations the country has seen since the start of a social uprising one year ago but the largely peaceful rallies have been marred by acts of vandalism looting and violence that have left dozens injured in america editor and c and human reports from santiago. hundreds of thousands of demonstrators filled street to plazas throughout chile to mark the day one year ago when the country's social pressure cooker have burst. there were dramatic performances and looting the human rights violations committed by police.

the south but there was also music and celebration. entire families had come to show that their resolve to fight for so. still equality remains strong will be a good deal of that but today marks the day that chile awoke with fed up of the abuse of always being marginalized we had to commemorate and say that we want a new chile cut but the peaceful demonstration that so many had called for was not to be i just 300 meters from the main gathering in santiago who did then till set fire to 2 churches the 1st known as the paris of chile's police force then they torched another regarded as a national heritage monument was by the time firefighters arrived it was too late.

shops were also needed to group had clearly come prepared to confront riot police and do as much damage as possible nearby thousands of demonstrators continued calling for more equality and respect for human rights these are in memory of some of the people who were killed last october 18th and the following days and months of protests that followed opposition leaders are now warning both sides that if the pilots during demonstrations continues it could scare people away from going to the polls next sunday during the referendum the that referring to move decide whether or not chileans agree to write a new constitution a key demand on the streets. they don't ya i hope that next sunday we will have a mass for turnout in favor of the new constitution that we need but i am message that was marred by acts of shocking violence carried out by a few against the will of

a vast majority who want to express their hopes the social change at the ballot box you see in human al-jazeera sonthi al. there's anger in argentina over workers' rights and job losses during the coronavirus pandemic hundreds of people are marched through want to say it is calling on the government to protect jobs and raise the minimum wage the economy was already in crisis before the pandemic hit and months of lock time have only made the situation worse it's estimated just under half the population is living in poverty. police in guinea have fired tear gas and warning shots as opposition supporters who are claiming victory in the presidential election they say their candidate. won the vote although final results aren't expected for days reports. this is when the trouble start not enough observers too many votes to count election officials say a record number of getting to take part in this election most are 1st time voters

queuing hours before the polls open to have a say in the country's future despite the divisive and violent presidential campaign with candidates from mentoring ethnic tension the voting was peaceful. to keep your vote but not your life we are what we have in common the stronger than what divides us the nation is what we have in common politics divides us we have to favor the mation we have to challenge ourselves that we are rather not to his political parties presidents guineans people's party is largely backed by the milling group while delos opposition parties mostly supported by the philosophy people at the age of 82 president alpha condé amended the constitution allowing him to run for a 3rd mandate despite widespread protest. this is a human you can trust but i wish you a free democratic and transparent election and that everything is done peacefully and with tranquility we will make sure all polling stations are secure guinea

cannot develop if there is not peace security and unity we call on all candidates who avoid violence already opposition candidate is saying he believes he has won the vote and accuses the election commission of favoring incumbent president alpha condé. descriptive. i'm not worried about the outcome of the election however i have major concerns for peace in cohesion if mr alpha condé tries to seize power for cunning in violence this would not be acceptable to our supporters and to begin who would have voted for change. while the west african body ecowas and the african union sent observers the e.u. didn't analysts fear the worst is yet to come with candidates refusing to accept the outcome of the vote putting the electoral process in jeopardy. anywhere from 21 of them and for what these results. were a time. regardless of ethnicity it is have almost

no access to electricity or running water with 20 percent of the population living in extreme poverty and yet the country is rich in minerals home to the largest reserves of bauxite in the world the challenge for the country's next president is to deliver on what has become a broken promise political stability and the economic prosperity so many getting into waiting for nicolas hawke al-jazeera. violence has broken out in ivory coast 2 weeks ahead of the presidential election there that least 2 people were killed in the city of bone go on oh it's the stronghold of a leading opposition candidate the house of pos coffee and gas and was burned down while his party's office was attacked in abidjan and ghassan has called for the vote to be boycotted he says president alassane ouattara his bid for the 3rd time is illegal. a vigil has been held in nigeria to remember those killed by

a controversial police unit that's now been disbanded people have gathered in lagos calling for an end to police violence the special anti robbery squad was shut down last week after mass demonstrations in it's accused the hottest went and brutality . the u.n. secretary general is urging armenia and azerbaijan to respect a new cease fire that's only a day old both sides accused each other of violating the agreement this is the 2nd truce aimed at stopping fighting over the disputed region of nagorno-karabakh the breakaway province is internationally recognized as part of us by john but it's controlled by ethnic armenians or for many people in azerbaijan there is little hope the truce will bring peace to other jaimie demands some residents in concha of lost loved ones but want to keep up the fight. was sleeping at home with her extended family her nephew is in a critical condition and she wonders what will do future hold now that the family

house is gone but she remains defiant. really should fight until the end we are behind the president we believe in our country we believe in our army we believe in our people they believe war and let us liberate our territories why isn't the international community stopping this we should defeat them until the end game has been hit several times since the beginning of october but saturday's attack was the most devastating so far it happened the week after humanitarian ceasefire brokered by russia was announced and hours before a 2nd one was agreed the humanitarian ceasefire is only about swapping bodies and wounded soldiers people on either side have very little faith that the conflict will stop each accusing the other of violating the cease fire 1st. military operations have continued in the disputed enclave of nagorno-karabakh there to dish

human cost is melting in the capital city and accurate a funeral ceremony was held for a younger meaning soldier who people say was killed hours after the 2nd ceasefire was announced here too many are wondering why is a temporary cessation of hostilities i mean years paid a heavy price so far nearly $700.00 soldiers have been killed on the battlefield in the capital yerevan bells in prayers to commemorate. we are praying for their right this is a just cause we are fighting for a land and we will prevail. as it pertains armies making territorial gains in several regions surrounding their corner care about which have been occupied by arming yes since 1940 they represent about 20 percent of as it by jens territory many as here is like a mean. field the momentum shouldn't be lost yes the war has started and it is

obvious internationally that we are gaining more landsberg and are we are strong enough to take our occupied lands but it's true that people don't want to die and war is not nice and we are not afraid of dying i mean for our land because we are in a correct price where liberating our lines people buy from ground wires rights but whole nice is to die while you defend your land both countries have indicated that their body swap could take place in the coming days so far there hasn't been a period of calm long enough for this to happen and the human toll of this war continues to rise up there. jack. rallies have been held across france in honor of a teacher who was beheaded samuel party was killed in days after showing his students cartoons of the prophet muhammad during a lesson about freedom of speech the suspect was shot dead and several people are in custody they've barker reports this is where paris comes to defend what some see

as french values thousands gathered at the past of the republican solidarity with samuel party a history teacher brutally killed in a quiet paris suburb the level difference we're here to defend the republic the values of the republic liberty equality fraternity and secularism we can feel that the fatherland is threatened that those values are under threat. the murder suspect named as a was shot dead by police on friday close to samuel party school. he was an 18 year old born in moscow of chechen origin and had no apparent connection with the teacher or of the school investigators say he stalked the area before following the teacher whom he stabbed and then decapitated with a knife and 11 persons been arrested as part of the investigation. earlier this

month he had shown his students cartoons of the prophet mohammed in a lesson on freedom of expression the caricaturist were 1st published by the satirical magazine charlie abdo which led to a wave of attacks in paris and 2015 is believed the lesson angered a number of muslim parents activists say the authorities had been warned about the killer but it failed to act the person who committed this horrendous unspeakable unfathomable crime was hard being reported worktable times on social media because he was already displaying sign that he was about to commit something and many of the people who reported him were muslims and in the french media already muslims can report someone who produced to be one of there is a. car a moment of unity in the face of a brutal crime the french government's promised a 0 tolerance approach with tighter financial controls on religious cultural and sporting associations but the killings

a reminder of fault lines in french society weeks after president emmanuel micro-loan controversially described islam as a religion in crisis while defending the country secular values gnostic islamist. the murder has shocked the nation focusing the spotlight once again on tension successive french governments have struggled to resolve the barca al-jazeera. still ahead on al-jazeera ignoring a ban on protests and the threat of arrest why demonstrators in thailand are keeping up the demands for reform of the monarchy. and the stakes are high in bolivia as presidential election while the outcome could impact the country's democratic future. hello the tropical depression that caused flooding in hyderabad in india is still

visible in the arabian sea but surf you showers off to southern pakistan and more especially i'm on the coast but no more not it won't redevelop it when i think i think so far and otherwise partner a few road shows a happy around the last week it looks fairly dry it's a little warmer than you might expect in some parts of particular levant bits of iraq and down to kuwait pretensions being i think particularly high places near the eastern med so damascus for example they have just 24 we've got 20 now and we're focusing that consistently for the next 3 days or so in the sunshine in a significant when the change that would drop those temperatures rain proper has gone further south but still as far north as south sudan still light to top up the floods to on the ground around juba for example the main rain should be going south and certainly there's plenty denser responded uganda and rwanda are both getting daily significant showers as you might expect the some rain further south in gabble

and that's also consistent sometimes you get it for the sense that the moment is mainly a dry picture to the south but temps are on the high side and quite significantly. from. the oppression of an ethnic minority and me in my back many. very intention was to make sure that rangers were no longer entitled to either basic rights or citizenship rights. al-jazeera explores the history and motives behind the systematic persecution of the ranger and me and my. exile. on al-jazeera.

you're watching on and on jazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour tens of thousands of people protested in chile's capital marking the one year anniversary of mass demonstrations the crowds were mainly peaceful but for several incidents of violence including the burning of 2 churches. in a and police have tried to break up crowds of opposition supporters who say their candidate said lou tell you in the yellow one the presidential election votes are still being counted off and condi is vying for the 3rd time you know this. u.n. secretary general antonio would status as those armenia and azerbaijan to respect and new ceasefire both sides accuse each other of violating the 2nd truce aimed at stopping the fighting over the disputed region of nagorno-karabakh. police in belarus have been given the green light to fire on protesters if need be but the

threat hasn't stopped tens of thousands of people from marching through the streets of the capital minsk protesters are calling for an end to president alexander lukashenko has 26 year rule opposition leaders for atlanta to kind of scalia has threatened to call a nationwide strike unless the the center quits within the next week mass demonstrations began 2 months ago after a look at shankar was reelected in a poll widely seen as rigged. at least 13 people have been killed in a car bombing in western afghanistan with the death toll expected to rise 120 people were injured in the suicide attack in the city of federal scoll in call of province no one has claimed responsibility for the blast and in a separate attack 8 afghan security officials were killed in those province the afghan government called the attack despicable saudi arabia's king solomon has issued a series of reforms which restructure the kingdom's advisory council the supreme

court the highest religious body is appointed a new head for the shura council it's a body of $150.00 appointed members whose main task is to study and propose laws then submit them to the king who decides which ones will be referred to the council of ministers some a handy is editor in chief of the international interest it's a current affairs analysis not in the magazine with a particular focus on the middle east he says the changes may not be what some were hoping for. i think it's not necessarily the appointments that we should be looking at but more the fact that we have a lot of the same faces with the same token suggestions of reform as we saw with it at the point of. committee appointed as an assistant to a deputy in the shorter council decided that mohammed bin cement is trying to promote women to senior positions we saw this follows on from over the last year we've seen some changes such as the ambassador to washington. for example i think

what's interesting is that because the shura council itself is a toothless or going to organization while it has some significant characters it doesn't have much influence over decision making or policy making in the kingdom what's interesting is there is the continuities that we're seeing in the council of scholars this suggestion that the government or any of them have been cement is content with the way that the religious authorities are operating and we've seen some promotion of the members who have reiterated that and to cut their message we've seen the sermons change in mecca and medina the 2 holy sites to try to promote some of the saudi policies this idea that we would have seen a conservative backlash we're seeing that there is this continuing to which suggests that the government is at ease with the religious authorities toeing the line after a string of imprisonment of religious figures outside of the official state apparatus and official state institutions so i think that continuities speaks

volumes as to how mohammed bin cement feels about the situation feels about his control of the kingdom to palestinian negotiator saeb erekat has been taken to an israeli hospital more than a week after contracting covered 19 there was transported from his home in new york to fight the west bank to west jerusalem the palestinian liberation organization says etiquette requires special care to chronic health problems it was seen to lung transplant in the u.s. 3 years ago. israel is easing its 2nd coronavirus lockdown after a month the restrictions drop in infections means people can now travel more than one kilometer from their homes and restaurants can open but only for takeaway parks beaches and kindergartens of also been cleared to open. because health minister and his wife have tested positive for covert 19 but pair have now gone into self quarantine at home the country is the worst affected in africa with infections surpassing 700000 coronavirus restrictions have been eased in the australian state

of victoria about to more than 100 days in strict lockdown people are now being allowed to spend time outdoors without a time limit strict measures remain in place for restaurants and retailers with only take away and delivery options retore accounts for more than 90 percent of deaths nationally just as in thailand have ignored warnings from police in demonstrated in the capital on sunday calling for the prime minister to step down and they came out in the thousands to buy the ban on huge gatherings demonstrators are also demanding a more democratic constitution and changes to the monarchy tony chang was at the protests. once again for the 5th day in a row protesters have come out onto the streets of bangkok to show their displeasure the government and again the thirty's have tried to stop them and failed earlier in the day the police had warned that anyone attending would be charged and arrested they even said that those people who turned up and posted

selfies on social media would be liable for 2 years in jail or $2000.00 fines but clearly that hasn't deterred anyone people are still here and they're still determined that their demands be met quite a lot of back in holland have i think we need to change we need to demand an end to the unfairness that has happened the 1st thing that i want to see is that they stop ignoring our voices we should be able to gather and protest peacefully and i want to see more freedom not arrests at this stage we don't know how long these protests are going to continue to a certain extent some of the phase has gone out of this because the protest leaders have been detained that said these protests have now spread they're taking place in different sites across bangkok and tonight even in different places across the country the protesters are shown that after the crackdown on friday night they're

still prepared to come out and still to come out prepared to come out in numbers and they're not scared and now the ball is very much in the government's call. alliance fight in vietnam has killed at least 14 people they had military barracks and several personnel there are still missing it comes days after another landslide killed 13 people most of them were soldiers vietnam has seen heavy rainfall this month causing the worst flooding in years and in neighboring cambodia the death toll from heavy flooding there has risen to at least 20 the countries seen heavy rains and flooding for the past few weeks because of a tropical storm tens of thousands of people have been forced from their homes. the prime minister of the self declared republic of northern cyprus has narrowly won the presidential runoff that's a result is likely to have a bearing on high tensions in the eastern mediterranean so reports. it was a tight race offering 2 different views over the self declared republics future and

the results could have hardly been closer in one corner the outgoing president was to fire back injure a political moderate who supported a framework for a peace deal with greek cypriots to reunify the ethnically divided island he also wanted less control from turkey. there are a lot of one day in the future when we look back at the date the 18th of october 2020 i hope you will remember it is an old rule day the turkish cypriot democracy and will. challenging him as in tata a nationalist closely aligned with turkish president trichet thai of odo and he favors a close union with ankara and maintaining separate administrations on the island of vision backed by turkey. for most of the message will be given to the world by reflecting the will of turkish cypriots at the ballot box that message is that once a unifying peacemaking person who will be everybody's president sits in the

presidential chair tensions will be left behind. but for months now the eastern mediterranean has seen tensions escalate contested maritime claims has pitted turkey against greece cyprus and the european union of offshore rights as it was used gas exploration in the surrounding waters a move condemned as a provocation by brussels earlier in october turkish troops opened public access to the closed off seaside ghost town. is the 1st time it's done so since turkish forces invaded the northern part of the island in 1974 turkish cypriots want the reopening of the resort town to be a potential incentive for the island's future but greek cypriots want for russia to be returned to their control before any talk of reconciliation begins. after the election we need a period of normalization when we take stock of things on the ground.

and riya stop me a sense of democracy and participation and inclusiveness. might pull northern cyprus further into tuckey's a little bit but just on the hearts of those who voted want a different future for the territory one with more control over it so in effect as and that will play into any forthcoming peace talks if resolving the cyprus problem is to become a reality so any guy i go out is there what kind of things underway in bolivia and a presidential election many hope will restore stability unofficial alley results from a bolivian t.v. channel suggest luis has won he's from the party of former president evo morales who was forced out of office last year that is a bold reports. it's an election that has pulled bolivia's democracy to the test and that's why millions of bolivians are headed to the polls on sunday meal somebody and says he hopes the new president will help solve the enormous problems were livia faces today. of pre-mortal sort of here's what we believe asking is the

best person to win the elections and that person who wins would be peacefully able to go in this country and provide better solutions and democracy before everything that's what bolivians are hoping for unfortunately there were many disturbances last election and proven frauds we hope that in these elections everything is transparent for the elections are meant to point end to an ongoing political crisis since able more dallas was forced to resign last year after accusations of fraud prompted people to take to the streets. we want to come transparent election in for what happened in the last election in october and november 29th not to be repeated there was fraud and there was a lot of convulsions that was stirred up i hope everything turns out peacefully in that the next government can also provide the solutions that all bolivians are hoping for. one of us will have to choose between we sow to say even what alice

former finance minister. we want to go to the elections because we're going to win them we're going to defeat them at the polls and they know it's brothers and sisters. and former press and got a lot missa with a journalist and a writer serious going on if they when evil murali is or will return we all know what that would mean more corruption and more overspending. o.p.m. poll suggest there will be a 2nd round of voting that's happening in argentina is extremely important in this elections because over 160000 bolivians are expected to vote in polling stations like this one in one outsiders and in other parts of the country be represented around true percent of the total electoral roll and in the title lecture like this one vote happening here could be decisive on saturday the lecture tribunal announced there won't be a preliminary results system as in last year's election to avoid confusion so the

counting process will take time to guarantee transparency all the while bolivia is fighting the pandemic and it's called him political limbo the question is whether the elections will be enough to guarantee the stability the country needs. and to cedar point to scientists. this is all just here with these at the top stories tens of thousands of people have protested in chile's capital marking the one year anniversary of bus demonstrations the crowds were mainly peaceful but there were several incidents of violence including the burning of 2 churches in america at a tennessee and human has more from santiago things were going very well indeed until a group of massed vandals we don't know who they were began attacking 1st of all police and bird down.