to deal with a pandemic the following week school child abuse and mass movement of people will accelerate the spread to the coronavirus from indian cities to its rule hot. security forces in iraq fired tear gas at thousands rallied to revive a revolt against a government they accuse of corruption. player watching al-jazeera live from doha with me fully back to the all star heads chile holds a referendum on amending its constitution to a year of protests demanding social change time's up thousands are on the streets in bello rule says president alexander looking faces

a deadline to step down and the opposition in seychelles wins the presidency for the 1st time in more than 14 years. security forces in iraq have fired tear gas at protesters who were trying to get into baghdad's fortified green zone. thousands of anti-government protesters are back on the streets of the capital after suspending their demonstrations because of restrictions the protests against corruption and unemployment 1st began a year ago hundreds of people have been killed since then al-jazeera simona 14 is following developments in back that. there has been from 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 houses the federal government

offices there was a group of protesters who would try to cross the concrete barricades there are several levels of concrete barrier to all 3 i believe so they crossed the 1st barricade at which point the security forces the boys here gassed to push them back in the protesters subsequently weave through we're we're not hearing at this point of any. any any relief from violence that is actually claimed the lives of protesters so far only tear gas as well as have been used to repel protesters were tried to penetrate the fortified green cold but there are no passion for that remains to be seen what will happen. when the front goes down here in fact the. polling stations across china may have opened for historic referendum on whether to change the constitution mass protests that

started last year led to the referendum demonstrators want an end to a dictatorship era constitution that they say promotes social inequality more than 14000000 people are eligible to vote newman reports from santiago. a message impossible to miss displayed in front of chile's presidential palace approve a new constitution for a better future it says. on the other side of the street that the lean as it is joins the celebration so that her daughters she says could live in chile with dignity. but i don't think 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 stop you 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 good legitimacy from the conception over the years is that money has become known as an 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 do not look at the silk us a government that our constitution basically recognized private 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 forces. titian's and good nobody can stability. ultimately blames chillies. not change. they are all. draft be transformed. into one and. that's the pessimistic view would read now the prospect of drafting a new constitution with a popular employee is seen as a needed dreams and you are helping to set chile's democracy on a new more socially equal path and joins us now live from santiago to see if this referendum of course was one of the main demands of protesters a year ago tell us 1st about how the voting is going so far.

so far we've seen a huge turnout right now i am in a middle class neighborhood of sand yeah well there are very very long lines behind me and to my left to get into just one of the 4 polling stations in this slauson this area and it's quite interesting because people are not staying home as many had feared because of the pandemic there are some special measures that have been taken people have to come prepared with their own pencil it has to be a blue ink pen so i'm not sure why it has to be blue they have to bring their own hand sanitizers they must wear masks and if anybody is found to have symptoms of the coronavirus then the whole polling station has to be shut down while it is sanitized again from scratch so there is a lot of attention being put on to the eye of the pandemic but people are coming out as i say in very very large numbers of people of all ages because there's a lot of enthusiasm this is the referendum that will at least in theory and

certainly according to the polls put to to rest the last vestiges of the chinese military dictatorship was so what are we expecting from the outcome then i mean what will this new constitution if it passes no cleric. we don't know yet it has to be written by man this is only a 1st step but it's not going to be overnight anybody who thinks it's going to change the country in the short term is very very mistaken 1st of all there has to be an election to decide who will write the constitution that is going to be decided in part to dive today people have to decide whether they want 50 percent of the delegates to be members of congress the upper and lower house and the other half unedited by popular vote or the entire legislative or constitutional assembly voted by popular vote and so that it we don't know what that out of about is going to be although it seems to be pretty clear that this

a yes or no will be decided in favor of the approval of the yes because that's what all the polls have shown in fact new zealand which was the 1st chilean polling station if you like to the open and closed at 93 percent of the people who voted there are there's a large chilean population in new zealand voted in favor of rewriting the constitution so we're expecting that to happen what it will look like is still much too early to know but you should have a lot of changes especially to the social guarantees that the state would give thank you for that lucy in human life there in santiago opposition activists in better rules say more than 100000 people have running across the country demanding president on exam the new shanker resigned. security forces used time grenades and tear gas against some of the protesters opposition leaders that nana taken off sky has told look at shankar he must step down before midnight local

time or face a crippling general strike the president claimed victory in a disputed election in august carol non-o. is c.e.o. of the center for european policy studies in brussels he says the resilience of the opposition movement is putting huge pressure on location. mannish to eat stoned it come out like this sunday again but more than 100000 protesters even if the police the army has been very forcefully and slits are trying to prevent them so i do not expect an aggression court would step down today but i think going to systems remains extremely strong we also see that all european countries but also the united states are not the western countries have given very clear warnings through caution and i think sooner or later he will have to step down and he has to be able i mean the opposition is also extremely strong because there's lady chicken a scouting out has managed to galvanize new enormous i mean support for her let's say you're such a she calls herself

a house of lightness the peace began the president elect at least electors are recognized by most european countries to always get out support for herself i expect us to question who will have to step down and sooner or later also the security forces will begin to update it more and more by people from the opposition and will have to use their uplifted air campaign as a tool for look at shuttle to step down notwithstanding all what the security forces have tried to do or what the state has not tried to do against for example the use of internet the use of telecommunications people have continued to communicate the told and have managed to resist and have managed to all is calm on the streets and said look i know it's enough and that's what we heard again today. an international treaty to ban nuclear weapons has been given the final ratification it means on saturday 100 years became the 50th country to ratify the u.n. treaty that sets off

a 90 day countdown to take effect the move has been praised by activists but the u.s. and other nuclear powers remain strongly opposed to it the treaty will officially come into force on january 22nd 2021 rebecca johnson is the founding president of the international campaign to abolish nuclear weapons which was awarded the nobel peace prize in 2017 she says the treaty will impact countries which have nuclear weapons even though they haven't signed on to it. well the nonproliferation treaty only had 3 of the nuclear countries on it when it entered into force and it took some of them actually france and china in particular some 20 years and other nuclear states india pakistan israel never joined never signed and north korea also as we know has been trying to to test and acquire nuclear weapons so we have 9 problems state as far as international security is concerned with the threats

and the mate major risks and dangers from nuclear weapons now that the treaties and to enforce we have the legal and normative instrument and it's backed by a growing number of states not just the 84 who signed that but many more in the pipeline what we have to do is work together as happens with all treaties to build up and a verification and implementation system and to bring those additional states on board now i can has already been persuading cities all around the world including washington d.c. and los angeles and paris and and manchester and edinburgh here in the u.k. and many more around the world to sign support statements that they want to get their governments to bring to sign and to bring into force of the treaty probe it prohibiting nuclear weapons now these are powerful important cities why they signed because cities a target in nuclear war and it would cause

a massive humanitarian catastrophe if any nuclear weapon by accident or by intention were used in in any of our towns and cities around the world. still ahead on al-jazeera. birdbrain women would you please like to be. a supporter of donald trump in a 2015 election we'll look at why women in the u.s. suburbs may not back him this time and find out how british strive and lewis hamilton made formula one history once again. the weather is lousy set fare across a good part of northern and eastern asia at the moment 60 clear skies for many

a very active weather systems moved away from japan one or 2 showers little legacy of showers coming back in behind across the northern half of japan but nothing much to speak of so essentially plenty of or some sunshine coming through meanwhile we got more the way of autumn sunshine coming in across parts of south asia as well clear skies up towards bangladesh pushing up into the northeast of india things squatting down nicely here some showers down towards the the far south east want to show is more the where showers op across that western side of indian as you go on. wednesday tuesday wednesday a similar picture notice the winds starting to feed their way in from a northeasterly direction society of the summer raising that southwest the monsoon the northeasterly monsoon the respect to see this time of year now starting to show its hand and the indian met department are talking about that setting in sometime around about whedon's state officially across the south further north astroid it is settled it means we have got more fog and smoke problems across northern parts of

india particularly into new delhi where the air quality remains particularly poor this week. a korean doomsday cult is would hundreds of follow was to a tropical paradise. when i when a student mr gates the secretive sect accused of abuse and violence in fiji. on al-jazeera. al-jazeera. and.

welcome back a recap of our top stories on al-jazeera our security forces in iraq have opened tear gas. gas at protesters trying to get into baghdad's fortified green zone the demonstration is demonstrations against corruption and unemployment 1st began a year ago hundreds have been killed since then. protesters in bell i will say the time is out for president alexander lukashenko to resign dozens of people were arrested in the western town of nida opposition leader is that lana took an upscale says look i must step down by midnight or face a crippling general strike and polling stations in chile have opened for a referendum on whether to change the constitution mass protests that started last year led to the volt demonstrators say the constitution promotes social inequalities. that the opposition candidate has won the presidential election

in an upset. on gained more than 55 percent of the total votes cast as the 1st presidential win for the opposition in more than 40 years since independence from britain malcolm webb reports. it's the 1st change of government in seychelles since the 1970 s. . to be elected for the presidential election it was the 6th time around color won a run for the presidency in all his previous attempts the last of the governing party candidate with a steadily growing share of the vote in these elections there were no loses there when. our country. was given the opportunity to come out as the ultimate winner with more than 70000 voters scattered across

dozens of islands in the indian ocean the polls posed a logistical challenge light aircraft and delivered ballot papers to remote polling stations it took 3 days for everyone to vote for president danielle for voted in the capital victoria his party has governed the archipelago since independence from british colonial rule more than 40 years ago 1st as a soviet aligned one party state and then winning every previous election on the remote tea party system the economy depends mostly on tourism wealthy foreigners flock to the islands pristine beaches but few have come since the global pandemic seychelles is one of the most on equal countries in the world hotels and businesses are owned by a wealthy minority mostly of european origin. many others descendants of in slave to africans who were brought here by the colonialists possed inequalities persist

that so many people are in say show us some. because they are so poor i don't like i would vote for a candidate that can do all things for everybody and everything everyone does the oppositions free markets ideologies and anti corruption message have attracted growing support some felt the governing parties decades old welfare system had failed to help people. and now for the 1st time since independence the opposition has a chance to deliver the changes it was promised for so long malcolm webb al-jazeera . donald trump's presidential win 4 years ago was partly down to a key group of voters white suburban women but as he bids for another term in

office it's unclear whether he has what it takes to win them over this time around was in jordan reports. it's the 1st rule of running for office ask the people for their vote but begging for support this close to a luncheon day that might be a sign of desperation shift burden women would you please like the. i say day i membered ok donald trump's campaign is faced with a problem polls say the president is losing a key part of his base suburban white women voters to his democratic rival joe biden in a recent washington post poll 62 percent said they were planning to vote for biden versus just 34 percent for trump you know instead of just being a candidate and having the candidates record to. ron we have 4 years of a trump record is women i think largely viewed as a failure on

a number of levels and i think that's going to and of encourage them to show up make sure we don't have another 4 years of political experts say in 2016 republican women overlooked trumps massage any because they liked his conservative economic policy but this year these voters are a lot by the collapse of the economy. as well as by trump's apparent stroking of racial tensions in the country they say what matters most is the president's handling of the covert 19 pandemic he has really lost that group of women with their concerns over the coronavirus the health of their families women are more burdened by by the childcare by the educational difficulties by their parents being in situation so he has lost a lot of this support and it may make the difference for him women's suffrage was born from a desire to the truck campaign strategy reminding women that the republican party

fought for their right to vote 100 years ago and with one unified voice we will vote for freedom why do you say these caps and resurrecting the party's racially inflammatory law and order message of the 1970 s. and 1980 s. i'm sorry that there is no one here to answer your march to call if you were elected this guy the suburbs would be overwhelmed with violence and grime meantime biden supporters see their chance to win over republican women. to grow up proud and strong in an america that believes. and to a return to civil political discourse and fight like hell on the floor and then they go eat lunch together because they must put their friendship and their country 1st the party that's going to win over these moderate voters and the suburban women voters. is that part of it able to prove that it's really going to unify the country and help us heal after all the trauma that we've been dealing with for the

past 4 years the suburban housewife line is getting donald trump applause you know what women want more than anything else they want safety security and they want to be able to. have. whether that applause translates into votes where the president won't be known until election day rosalyn jordan al-jazeera washington. u.s. media reporting several people in vice president mike pence inner circle have tested positive for corona virus one of those is his chief of staff mock short who is in quarantine and sent his wife are reportedly in good health then tested negative on sunday he's planning to continue campaigning around the country despite his exposure to the virus particle hain is in washington with more. stark contrast to his opponent kamel harris when she had members of her staff test positive she stayed home for a couple of days off the campaign trail just to make sure she was ok but reportedly

this is a story the white house tried to keep secret and it's you can see why what's happening with crowbars pandemic right now across the country most states all seeing daily spikes that are hitting record levels we're starting to see hospitals come under stress so the last thing they want to be talking about is the corona virus and it does cast into question just how seriously they're taking not only the virus and what it's doing to the country but the security at the white house remember this is the president had coronavirus ended up in the hospital and still people walk around the white house complex without masks the vice president he's going to go on the trail they say these negative when asked about it they said well the vice president is an essential employee i think that could be called into question at this moment but this again calls into question exactly what the white house coronavirus task force is doing cases are climbing the vice president is in charge of that task force and his own chief of staff now is going to be quarantined in till after the

election. and several european countries are taking drastic measures to slow the 2nd wave of covert 19 a state of emergency has gone into effect in spain prime minister pedro sanchez wants fallen men to extend the measures for 6 months while he has implemented new measures including the mandatory closure of old boss by 6 pm paul brennan is following the latest european developments from london. span of cultural exceeded. 1000000 cases of coronavirus the 1st european country to do so they did that on weapons day and petr sanchez the prime minister was announcing a raft of new restrictions the primary primary one is a curfew between 11 pm and 6 am local regional leaders will be able to. just that curfew but only if they actually make it more severe so if they want to bring it in earlier or extend it later in the morning then they can but they certainly won't be able to make it any weaker or less stringent other things that are introducing for

example are they'll be able to close regional borders to travel or limit gatherings to 6 people who don't live together and the measures will start initially for 15 days but petter sanchez said he was going to go to parliament this week and hopefully parliament he said would vote to make it a 6 month state of emergency this is the 2nd national state of emergency that spain has enacted as a result of this pandemic and as far as italy goes the italian prime minister giuseppe concert has come out and he this morning another televised address launched new restrictions for example on gymnasiums on for example fares has cinemas swimming pools they must all close restaurants and bars will have to stop serving at 6 pm that happens from monday so you can see the way that this pandemic is raging like a wildfire across europe is forcing the hand of the country's leaders across this continent these early government has ratified

a deal to normalize diplomatic ties with battering itself requires approval from the parliament on friday sudan became the 3rd country to agree to a u.s. brokered deal to normalize relations with israel. soon israeli delegation will meet in sudan with their sudanese counterparts in order to discuss cooperation in many fields including the area of migration which we are discussing i wish to think again president trump and his team their role was most important in achieving these 3 peace agreements. forensic teams in iraq are examining a mass grave believed to contain the bodies of dozens of years edis killed by isis fighters in 2014 the side in the northern district of sendai is known as the mass grave of mothers the victims are believed to be mostly elderly women their remains will be sent for d.n.a. testing to help identify them in pakistan at least 2 people have been killed in an explosion in balochistan province dozens are said to have been injured in the

blasts that happened in quieter police say the blast was caused by an improper improvised explosive device that was fixed to a motorcycle. opposition parties have been holding a rally in the same city in pakistan at the mass demonstration in balochistan against prime minister a man can is the 3rd in a week. in thailand protesters have been gathering in bangkok after their demand for the prime minister to resign by saturday was not met prime minister prior chan arches says he will not quit demonstrators say his hold on power is illegitimate after last year's this heated elections have held mass protests for weeks now calling for reform of the government and the monarchy al-jazeera is tony chang is in bangkok with more. well the deadline for the time prime minister to resign search by the protest is now past and as promised the protesters are now back on the streets but this is

a rather different protest from the ones we've seen in the 4 instead of cutting transportation to central bangkok the skytrain is still running the show. and much of the song some of the most lot shows in thailand are still open and there are shoppers mingling with the protesters and here we have has become known as the c.r.a. the famous food vendors so named because of the intelligence they appear to have far ahead of the police and the protesters about where the protests are going to take place the who was the 1st ones here the one piece of intelligence they don't appear to have is where these protests go next the prime minister isn't moving neither the protesters there is an extraordinary session of parliament starting tomorrow to try and discuss ways to resolve this case but with neither side moving mongols. tony chang al jazeera bangkok. are some source

news now and there's been another record breaking moment for lewis hamilton in formula one is now one more races than michael schumacher the british serious driver won the portuguese grand prix for his 92nd career big. more than any other driver in history a mountain is not looking to be too modest record of 7 world titles. no again i'm fully back to bill with the headlines on al-jazeera security forces in iraq have fired tear gas at protesters trying to get into baghdad's fortified green zone the demonstrations against corruption and unemployment 1st began a year ago hundreds of have been killed same set simona 14 is in baghdad with. there was a group of protesters would try to cross the concrete barricades there are several levels of concrete barricades 2 or 3 i believe so they crossed the.