to help to pass bob's deals you know you will rumsfeld this meeting saddam is an interesting there are a shadow on al-jazeera. and the government protests returned to the streets of baghdad after coronavirus restrictions are lifting. of the arm how the mohit see it and this is al jazeera line from doha also coming up. was. men armed with guns and machetes kill at least 8 children during a raid on a school in cameroon. after decades of failed attempts by the opposition and upsets in the presidential election in the seychelles. and both influential and

controversial the chairman of the sun bellatrix giant samson has died after being in hospital for the past 6 years. but 1st to iraq are antigovernment protests are resuming across the country after a long suspension juge the coronavirus hundreds of people have been killed and injured in the protests against corruption unemployment's which began one year ago well let's say had life needed to baghdad's where some or not faulty in standing by for someone what exactly are these protesters calling for. their demands have life be more over the past year when they 1st went out a year ago they were asking for a homeland which of them means to live in dignity to have access to good service.

have access to jobs and to be governed by. a good government that is not corrupt now of course they have achieved to some extent their demand they achieve the resignation of former prime minister either of them after which was the 1st time that a prime minister was forced to resign since 2003 but the political parties that brought him to power that are blamed for much of the corruption and mismanagement of this country remain in place so now what we can see is that their demands have changed a little bit they are calling for an early election under a new election law to be able to change with controlling parliament but they're also calling importantly for justice for the over 600 protesters who have been killed over the course of the past year and they're also calling for armed groups and militia school they blame for the killings to be reined in by the prime minister most probably who came to power in may has promised that even if things but yes face a lot of resistance what publishers are saying that if given enough time given the

government an ultimatum and they are not listening to what they're trying to do today is to return to the protest squares try to increase the pressure on the government specifically what some of the groups are planning is to try to cross the bridges across the tigris into the government into the green zone which of course houses several government offices including the parliament because they feel that if they stay here in tahrir square that their demands will not be heard and we are hearing that on the other side of the river 'd protesters have attempted to cross one of the barriers and security forces responded pushing them back with with back in full force the prime minister mystified how the me said yesterday that there will be no have life ammunition that should be used no violence should be used by the security forces and we could see across town that all the entry to the green zone were reinforced with double and triple rows of concrete blocks which of course will make it very difficult for protesters to enter and. how are the protesters who

was their mood like because let's face it these protests have restarted in the middle of a deadly global pandemic and we're one year on where hundreds of their number have been killed 2 people still have the appetite to come my own to the streets in these difficult difficult conditions not be hopeful that we'll be able to achieve these lofty goals. and that is a very good question we've definitely seen that over the past year there has been a photo say a lot of this dilution not just because of the coronavirus but the mic with which of course resulted in a lockdown for a few months in the spring in the summer but also because of the the magic crackdown on the protests over $600.00 people were killed several of the activists were kidnapped people simply gave up hope some extent they thought that the state is simply too powerful to determine to remain in office for us to achieve any change so there has been a general decline in who's the the numbers that we're seeing today compared to last

year when we were covering the protests here there are smaller i remember that hammock over 25 early morning at 67 am the square was already crowded now or if there are hundreds of people that have come in that is quite an increase compared to the previous weeks and months along with them but it's not the numbers that certainly organizers would have hoped for and in no way today is a test for this movement are they able to read galvanize people are they able to once again mobilize the math of the once again descend on to the square to pressure the government to meet their demands ok so bring us an update live from baghdad for now someone to thank you very much. now the united nations and the african union have condemned an attack on schoolchildren in science west cameroon at least 8 students were killed and 13 seriously injured it happens in the city of quba and has more. a gruesome attack on children who were only trying to get an education

armed men carrying guns and machetes enters a bilingual school on saturday saw students in class and opened fire. on the students age 12 to 14 years didn't stand a chance isabel dion's daughter was shot in the stomach and fortunately survived when i run in there and i made my child she. said and i told him it is only. this act of violence against a school and school children could constitute a crime against humanity no group has claimed responsibility if. you've always felt . it's unclear whether the attack was linked to separate the spiders active in the south west and northwest 2 english speaking provinces that have long complained of discrimination by the french speaking majority. by the presidency and. being attacked and children 'd being. 'd

raised his. own separatist have boycotted public schools for the past 4 years as part of their protests against president paul b s government leaving hundreds of thousands of children out of school earlier this month the boycotts eased and schools reopened only for students to pull victim to this attack and schapelle al-jazeera. the opposition candidate in the seychelles has won the presidential election electoral commission says one felt come alone. rather has gained nearly 55 percent of the torso cast though this is the 1st presidential win for the opposition. in the 40 years since the seychelles gains independence forcing to police for 3 days across the indian archipelago let's get more know from malcolm webb he's following developments from nairobi malcolm here

exactly is while full color one why have people voted him in. he's wanted to be the leader of the seychelles for decades he's run 5 times before and lost every time to the ruling party but with a steadily increasing share of the vote and this time he's pulled it off he's a priest a catholic priest it was a work for the church that originally drew him into politics that was in the 990 s. when he was critical of the one party state and its human rights abuses that in time the one party state that became the ruling party of the seychelles till now this is the 1st change in power in seychelles eventually since independence as you said and run color as been fighting for this for successive

elections finally he's managed to get his message across to the voters and they've delivered him a victory what exactly is that message why have people decided to switch from the main part c to mr ram. does he stand for a particular change that people are after or are they are they just sick with the ruling the grieving process the stance. with born to understand that seychelles or the most unequal countries in the world was a small wealthy minority that owned hotels touristic businesses many of them are descendants of people from europe. a lot of the other over the majority of the islanders much less wealthy many of them descendants of people who were in slaves by the colonialists to work on plantations in the seychelles. their descendants tend to those i mean there's

a relatively high unemployment specially since kobe had otherwise doing relatively low paid jobs in the tourism sector and other sectors and historically the divide between the ruling party which was once a single party state soviet aligned sort of paying at least lip service to socialist ideals they picked up a lot of support from the less wealthy parts of the population and the opposition tended to be backed by business owners wealthier people but a lot of people have lost confidence in the ability of. the ruling party the former ruling party and its welfare policies which for decades haven't solved the major social issues such as the widespread heroin addiction on employment. very high rates of incarceration among young males particularly and more and more people of be drawn to the sort of more free market ideology of the opposition promise to

bring in more investment and try and give workers more opportunities and that starts the messages that finally seems to have resonated in and drawn people to the polls to elect brown while i can ok mark i'm web they're bringing us the latest live from nairobi thank you. the u.s. vice president's chief of staff mike shorts is in coron scene after testing positive for corona virus mike pence and his wife are reportedly in good health and both tested negative on saturday the vice president is planning to sick to his travel schedule and continue campaigning around the country. now both president trump and his rival joe biden have been rallying supporters in battleground states mostly 57000000 people across the u.s. of already cast their ballots can virus cases meanwhile have hit an all time high

on phrase a strong continues to insist the nation is turning a corner and the calico reports now from miami. the president trump and his democratic rival joe biden these final days are all about the battleground states i voted for a guy named trouble we can. thank after casting his ballot in florida the president held a rally in north carolina before moving on to ohio all crucial states in his bid for a 2nd term i would not put joe in charge despite rising cases of the coronavirus a record daily high of more than 80000 on friday the president continues to tell supporters it's not an issue the pandemic that's all i hear about a jolly you turn on television i covered covered covered covered covered covered a plane goes down 500 people dead they don't talk about it because of it covered covered covered by the way or november 4th you want hear about it i wish i could go to private car reach you all in joe biden's home state of pennsylvania the former

vice president took a different tone he told the gathered crowd he'd secured jobs keep health benefits and tackle the coronavirus president trumped up pennsylvania by the narrowest of margins in 2016 the biden campaign wants to change that where 10 days left. may come down to pennsylvania. and i believe in you i believe in my state the choice is never made clear the stakes have never been higher. in miami former president barack obama spoke to voters at a drive in rally still a popular figure in the democratic party he urged people to vote telling the crowd that trump doesn't have what it takes to lead the country by the list. he can answer a tough question like what would you like to do in your 2nd tire letters are that i would make sure he doesn't get a 2nd car. was 2.

the well the one. with the finishing line now in sight both campaigns are expected to keep up their furious pace keeping the focus on the states that may matter most what's at stake of voters here is not just the direction this country will take in the next 4 years but who's best suited to tackle a crippling pandemic biden warns the coming months will be the worst yet as winter approaches trump says the quote a virus will soon be forgotten now voters get to decide who's right to gallacher al-jazeera miami florida. france's recall this ambassador from turkey as tensions rise a bit demands to reform islam this after the turkish president questioned emmanuel macaroons mental health i should type area one says the french leader needs treatment for his ass cheats wards islam and muslims the french presidency criticize started someone for not offering condolences for the killing of a teacher last week mccraw has been calling for changes to the way islam is

practiced in france. what else can be said to a head of state who does not understand freedom of belief and who behaves in this way towards millions of people living in his country who are members of a different faith 1st of all a check on the mental level. still to come on al-jazeera columbia crosses $1000000.00 coronavirus cases as the government struggles to deal with a surge in infections plus. hoping for change the test isn't she they make a final push ahead of a referendum that can't rewrite their constitution. how are we hang on to a little bit of heat across southeastern parts of europe but that aside it's pretty wet says pretty blustery as well bands of cloud and arrange streaming in from the

atlantic tightly packed ice about blustery winds are already driving that wet weather further south with these forces we go on through the next couple days ago some showers down towards the balkans as well but the main weather system that's this one here this cold front that's going to continue sinking its way further southwards and east which is we go on through sunday some very heavy rain on that some 3 downpours so the possibility it moves through the low countries it's the western side of germany into france all the way down across spain and portugal 14 celsius the top temperature there for mature it should be about 1819 degrees 40 celsius for paris and 13 there for london as that heat into the southeast and colder 7 still getting up into the the mid to high twenty's here some showers there rolling across serbia pushing into rumania and sinking over towards the black sea come monday some very heavy rain coming back in the cross the alps and snow there for a time even at lower levels blustery conditions continue to drive the way in across

the northwest and for good measure some heavy showers for the western med. as protests isn't valorous continue. calling for the resignation of president bush anka. some of the women who have become a driving force of the protests. talked out as there are. understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the world so no matter how we take it we'll bring you the news and current affairs that matter to you. the of the. of the.

my. this is al-jazeera quite right of the headlines for you now anti-government protesters are resuming across iraq after a long suspension of the coronavirus restrictions the process against corruption and unemployment 1st began a year ago hundreds of people have since been killed. the united nations and the african union have condemned an attack on school children in southwest cameroon least 8 children have been killed and 13 others seriously injured no group has claimed responsibility and the opposition candidate in the seychelles has won the presidential election the electoral commission says of oberon color one has gained nearly 55 percent of the total votes cast as the 1st presidential win for the opposition in the 40 years since independence. latin america has seen

a surge in coronavirus cases colombia has passed 1000000 infections becoming the 8th country to do so. or has been following the latest developments from one of sirees. the health ministry in colombia and now it starts surpassing that 1000000 figure 30000 deaths there and it's the 8th in the world to pass that grim milestone it's the 3rd in latin america argentina passed it a few days ago brazil the worst a country in the region has over 5000000 people infected with the coronavirus 157000 people there have died. across the world there's been something like 42000000 people infected 10000000 of those are in latin america so it's got around about a quarter of all the cases in the world and the number of deaths approaching the 400000 mark so a grim picture right across the region very few bright spots to be had anywhere the numbers only seem to be going up every everywhere you look

a year or so ago the world bank predicted that the whole region the economies in the region would grow by 1.8 percent they've now revised that talking about a 7.2 percent drop across the region and we're already seeing the consequences of that which are businesses closing tens of thousands of people losing their jobs and many many people moving having to move out onto the streets european leaders are struggling to find figurine sites to bring jones soaring infection numbers in germany more than 10000 people have died well infections there have jumped to a new high of 15000 per day in france the health minister is warning hospitals cannot cope well and paul ince the president himself is in quarantine after testing positive for the virus just seriousness in baba reports. in a small town in the heart of europe trying to save a life in the intensive care units here in the czech town of chios neighbor know is

nearly full with covered 19 patients 75 staff at this hospital are off with the virus for their colleagues these are worrying times all about attitude towards the . after doing everything even at the expense of their personal needs and time even on their days off they're working to prevent an italian scenario daily infections in the czech republic have hit a record high of more than 15000 that's despite tight restrictions including limits on people's movement and a ban on gatherings of more than 2 people in poland's daily infections reached a record of nearly 14000 on friday as president andre duda visited the national stadium which is being transformed into a field hospital due to who's 48 is now in quarantine after testing positive for coverage 19 he says he feels fine insisting he and his team followed the safety measures for damage and said. i would like to apologize to everybody who's had to go into quarantine because they met with me in recent days please believe me if i

had had any symptoms of corona virus all meetings would have been cancelled. on saturday police in warsaw used tear gas against protesters angry about new restrictions the country's entered a so-called red zone lockdown with a partial closure of primary schools and restaurants and people above the age of 70 are being asked to stay at home over the border in germany the coronavirus death toll is now more than 10000 the number of covered 900 patients in intensive care has jumped by 2 thirds in a week chancellor merkel has warned that people's actions now will determine what the winter period will be like the isn't. when not helpless in facing the virus our actions determine the strength and speed at which it spreads and what's imperative for all of us is to contact to meet fewer people. france has now followed spain in passing a milestone $1000000.00 covered $1000.00 cases since the pandemic started the

capital paris is one of many cities under a nighttime curfew but organizers of a new on rematch seasick submission here at the pompey do center hope visitors can focus on happier themes even for a short while. we know just how joyous metate as painting was he himself was very open about it so it's perfect timing because we need this sort of art today is still here and elsewhere the virus threatens to bring back the truly dark days that so many countries went through earlier this year. al-jazeera 50 countries have signed up to a united nations treaty to ban nuclear weapons it sets of a broad sense of force in 90 days on dearest became the latest to ratify the agreements made has been praised by activists but the u.s. and other nuclear powers have strongly opposed that firefighters in colorado are struggling to contain the 2nd largest wildfire in the u.s. state's history large plumes of smoke can be seen rising over grand county as the

far continues to spreads it's forced people to flee their homes but an elderly couple were killed after refusing to leave the house they had lived in for decades . evil and she lay are guessing the chance to amend their constitution this falls must process calling for social change millions or expects its heads the polls in a referendum on sunday a latin america and so the sea in yemen has more now from santiago. a message impossible to miss displayed in full each of these presidential palace approve a new constitution for a better future it says. on the other side of the street that the lean at that is joined to the celebration so that her daughters she says could live in chile with dignity take out of whatever and our our constitution is our original sin it regulates all the laws what we can and cannot have and clearly it's no good. 40

years ago military dictator general i will still be to shake called for a new constitution to be drafted it was offered tarion it also consecrated in extreme free market economic model with almost no state oversight and it was ratified in a widening contested referendum which is why all these people say that it was illegitimate from its conception over the years is that money has become known as an abandoned american success story but the fact that the government has been forced to cave in to demands is no referendum seems to suggest that something was seriously wrong. chillies not the poorest country in latin america by a long shot but it has the highest income disparity the constitution does not guarantee many basic social rights as in most modern democracies. when millions of chileans took to the streets last year to demand better minimum wages

education pensions and health care they pointed the finger at their politicians but also at their magna carta good look at the silk us a government that we're going to our constitution basically recognized. robert property as the supreme right above all others the rights of an individual or private interests take predominance over those of society as a whole. but critics insist drawing up the current constitution and starting from scratch creates false expectations and economic instability or not. ultimately blames chillies. not change things to make a more inclusive there are very well bottom up reports that drastically transform be acquired through everyone ends up looking. that's the pessimistic view but right now the prospect of drafting a new constitution with popular input is seen as a major triumph by those who are hoping to set chile's democracy on

a new more socially equal path. you see in human al-jazeera sente at will. is going or position within sudan so the deal to normalize ties with israel several prominent political groups have rejected the u.s. for critic grae ment's among them is the national consensus forces alliance there are parts of the coalition that emerged during the uprising against former president omar al bashir it still needs approval from a yet to be formed transitional legislative council. the samsung group's chairman lee quinn he has died at the age of 78 in hospital since 2014 after suffering a heart attack and he was one of south korea's most influential and controversial business figures from seoul robin wright looks back at his life. it was a stage fit for the coronation of an emperor and for some song that was in effect what leak on he would become on his father's death in 1987 the took the helm of

a business that he would turn into south korea's dominant family conglomerate or chaebol he focused on increasing the ambition of the electronics are famously urging his staff to change everything except your wives and children the company was able to take this vision and able to dole it out into you can say ideological tracks that they would hand out to employees and their employers would study how they would read his words like they were literally a page out of the bible and there was an almost religious fervor to the public destruction he ordered of defective phones in 1995 the call to innovation and higher value products transformed samsung into the global giant it is today in south korea the sprawling network of samsung businesses covers everything from ship building to life insurance construction to credit cards the group's revenues are

equivalent to 20 percent of south korea's g.d.p. in 2008 and he was given a suspended jail term and ordered to pay a $110000000.00 fine for tax evasion after the discovery of secret samsung accounts worth billions of dollars in 2014 he suffered a major heart attack he spent the rest of his life in a samsung hospital. the empire now rests on the shoulders of least son j. young also known as jay wiley he was also imprisoned after he became embroiled in the corruption scandal that led to the impeachment of former president park geun hye found guilty of bribing part with millions of dollars in exchange for government help with the merger he received a 5 year sentence but after a year in prison an appeal court freed him and dismissed most of the corruption charges against him. and even while he was behind bars some song posted record profits leak on his legacy as

a global corporate giant and also one of the most powerful and impenetrable institutions in the country some call the republic of sam so. this is al jazeera and these are the headlines and government protests are resuming across iraq after a long suspension gitta the coronavirus restrictions the demonstrations against corruption and unemployment 1st began a year ago some wonderful teen is with the protesters in baghdad. it's really a test today to see whether this movement can once again mobilize let it can once again.