on al-jazeera. investigating the use and abuse close to. 00 m. the at the end. security forces in iraq fired tear gas at thousands rallied to revive every volt against the government they accuse of corruption. the sound is there live from doha fully back to go also ahead time's up thousands are on the streets in better rules as president alexander lukashenko faces a deadline to step down chile holds a referendum on amending its constitution after a year of protests demanding social change and thousands of ties are refusing to

back down after their prime minister ignore said demands to quit. security forces in iraq have fired tear gas and water cannon at protesters who were trying to get into baghdad's fortified green zone. thousands of anti-government protesters were back on the streets of the capital after suspending their demonstrations because of coronavirus restrictions a protest against corruption and unemployment 1st began a year ago hundreds of people have been killed since that simona 14 is following developments in fact that. there has been from the 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 out of the federal government offices there was a group of protesters would. price controls the concrete barricades there are

several levels of property bear $2.00 or 3 i believe so they cross the 1st barricade at which point the security forces the boys here gas to push them back in the protesters subsequently weave through where we're not hearing at this point of any. any any relief or violence 60 claimed lives of up to so far only here gas wells and have been used to repel protestants were tried to penetrate the fortified green coal but there are no passion for that remains to be seen what will happen one. evening from. things escalate when the front of town here in fact there are opposition activists in ben a rule say more than 100000 people have rallied across the country demanding that president alexander lukashenko resign. security forces

grenades and tear gas against the protesters opposition leaders atlanta taken off has told a must step down before midnight local time or face a crippling general strike the president came victory in a disputed election in august carolina at the center for european policy studies in brussels he says the resilience of the opposition movement is putting huge pressure on look a shrink. mannish to come out like this sunday again but more than a 100000 brought us there's even if the police the army has been very forcefully into slits and trying to prevent them so i do not expect a question called will 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 a lady she can us carry out has managed to galvanize need enormous i mean

support for her let's say you are such a sea called herself a house of lightness the peace began the president elect of these electors are recognized by more european countries do always gather that support for her so 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 ocular to dare count pain as a tool for look at shackled 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 has continued to communicate he 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. to chile now where polling stations across the country have opened for historic

referendum on whether to change the constitution mass protests that sought out last year led to the referendum demonstrators want an end to a dictatorship era constitution that they say promote social inequalities more than $14000000.00 people are eligible to vote if approved a constitutional assembly would be chosen in april next year a lot american editor lucien newman reports from santiago. a message impossible to miss displayed in full you choose 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 daughter she says could live in chile with dignity take our letting 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 and 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 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 an emmy has become known as an abandoned american success story the fact that the government has been forced to cave in to demands this new referendum seems to suggest that something was seriously wrong. chile's 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 going to look at the sent us a government that i can also constitution basically recognize 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 false expectations and economic instability not by peace or nabby ultimately blames chillies. not change things to make this is a more inclusive there are 3 well bottom up reports that drastically transform wires is everyone and. that's the pessimistic view but right now the prospect of drafting a new constitution with a 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. and as spring in a new c.n.n.

has live for us from a polling station in santiago to see how this referendum of course was one of the main demands of protesters a year ago but it's also happening this fall today happening in the time of coronavirus tellus for the turnout been like. yes it certainly is well it's been a very very strong turnout indeed we are inside of of of a school where people are voting in an upper middle class neighborhood of santiago you don't see that many people behind me because people are kept outside they're only allowed to come in a few at a time they must come in with their own pencils glue in crenshaw's they have to use . hand sanitizers when they come in when they come out keep social distancing pretty much it's worked pretty well so far because this is a country that's had a huge outbreak of coronavirus so that's very much on people's minds but it hasn't kept people away from the polls and this is

a certainly an amazing historic day for chileans not only because if approved as expected this referendum would put to rest the last vestiges if you like of the dictatorship era in this country but also because it would be the 1st time that the chilean people themselves are going to have an input in writing a new constitution if it is approved so those are things that are very convincing many people to come out and vote even though is not mandatory i wanted to make point that out it is expected that this will be approved by talk us through the process. and the outcome and how long until we actually see this new constitution ratified it might take a while. yes it will it's expected to take a couple of years before there isn't actually a constitutional proposal written and then that will be put before the people in another clever side in another referendum like this one to say we approve or reject

it now the big question not is not whether today people will say that they want a new constitution that seems to be pretty much a done deal but rather whether it will be written by 50 percent of the sitting congress men and congress women and the other 50 percent voted or elected by popular vote or whether the whole congressional system will be written by people that are elected by popular vote and that's going that's the big mystery at this point the way it will take quite some time before the sees a new constitution you see it thank you very much for that lucy and human lives there in santiago. to thailand now where protesters have been gathering in bangkok after their demand for the prime minister to resign by saturday was not met prime minister. says he will not quit demonstrators say his hold on power is illegitimate after last year's disputed 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 certify

the protest has now passed 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 shop. and lots of her songs some of the most luxurious in thailand are still open and there are shoppers mingling with the protestors 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 is moving neither of 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 among

those i think. still ahead on al-jazeera. shepherdson women would you please like. they support donald trump in the 2016 election we'll look at why women in the u.s. suburbs may not back in this time. well there are none of that real work. and having a good laugh about the pandemic comedians in new york find a way to keep people entertained and safe from college 90. how i welcome to another look at the international forecast is looking pretty quiet looking lovely actually across much of the middle east at the moment well it's a clear skies a little bit of showery activity taking place across the eastern side of the

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you're watching al jazeera live from doha a reminder of our top stories security forces in iraq are fired tear gas at protesters trying to get into baghdad swore to 5 green zone demonstrations against corruption and unemployment 1st began a year ago hundreds have been killed since that protesters in bell rules say the time is up for president alexander look i shan't have to resign dozens of people were arrested in the western town of leader opposition leaders that managed to cannot says look i must step down by midnight or face a crippling general strike. and polling stations are open in chile for a referendum on whether to change the constitution mass protests that started last year led to the vote demonstrators say the constitution promote social inequalities . the opposition candidate has won the presidential election in an

upset while they gained more than 55 percent of the total votes cast it's the 1st time that a presidential that the opposition has won the presidential election in more than 40 years since independence from britain malcolm wave reports. this is the 1st change of government in seychelles since the 1970 s. . we're. going 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 he lost to the governing party candidate with a steadily growing share of the vote in these elections there were no loses there were no witness 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 are descendants of in slave to africans who were brought here by the colonialists past inequalities persist that so many people are in in say show us some huge huge huge drop ins

especially because they are so poor this i don't like i would vote for a candidate that can do all things for everybody and every people every one is it shows the opposition's free markets ideologies and anti corruption message have attracted growing support some felt the governing party is decades old welfare system had failed to help people. and now for the 1st time since independence your position has a chance to deliver the changes it was promised for so long malcolm webb al-jazeera . us media reporting that several people in vice president mike pence's inner circle have tested positive for corona virus one of those is his chief of staff walk short who was in quarantine and sent his wife are reportedly in good health and tested

negative on saturday has been in panic again in washington d.c. for a spot the vice president maintaining his campaign schedule despite his chief of staff and several members of his inner circle testing positive. you know and that's pretty much par for the course what we've seen with this administration but it is going to be controversial you know there are reports that the administration tried to keep this secret unsuccessfully because really this is the last possible thing they want in the headlines right now just to get a sense of where the country is when it comes to coronavirus cases dozens of states dozens are seeing record numbers of cases across the country breaking the totals that we've ever seen 2 days in a row and mike pence is the head of the coronavirus task force that's supposed to be fighting the coronavirus it also brings up questions about the safety protocols within the actual white house complex let's remember this is a u.s. president who had coded who had to go to the hospital to get all these experimental

treatments but people are still not necessarily across the board wearing masks inside the white house complex it also brings up questions you mentioned why is pence going rallies in these rallies where people except for the ones behind the podium they don't tend to wear masks they're said his campaign said well we're going to keep the guidelines for essential workers calling him an essential worker and of course they're not really being very clear on whether you know he's how often he's being tested but again this is a big contrast to the biden campaign when people close to kamel harris the vice presidential candidate were diagnosed with coded she jumped off the trail and stayed off for a few days just to make sure she was safe the president meanwhile is on the campaign trail patty he's in new hampshire right now i fictious from new hampshire speaking to his supporters lots of them wearing masks and weak masks as we can see he's going also to maine we know 9 days to go before the vote why are these 2 say

some born into trump. it's somewhat hard to understand quite frankly i want to point out reporters who were at the rally will tell you that the ones behind the podium they put on masks but the ones in the crowd they mostly don't think masks are handed out when asked about it just this morning the chief of staff said we can't make him wear it it's a free country so that's just the tone of the trump campaign in new hampshire i was just listening to me talking about how he created a better deal for a new air force one planes that are we going to be coming not going off teleprompter that stayed on message why is he in new hampshire truthfully i don't have any idea unless he's thinking about he's still running the 2016 campaign because he narrowly lost that state to hillary clinton he's behind really badly in new hampshire like 10 points with 9 days to go it's pretty unlikely that he can make up that kind of deficit why is he not in the 3 states that will determine the presidency where he is polling neck and neck with joe biden why is he not in texas

there's a new poll out of texas a longtime republican star hold that shows biden up by 3 points so why is he in new hampshire politically does it make any sense after this he's headed to maine now maine makes a little bit more sense it's one of 2 states that actually divides up their electoral votes so by going to maine he signaling that he might need every single one of those. votes indicating that he thinks it's going to be a lot closer than what the polls say it likely will be patty thank you very much for that force in washington. well donald trump's presidential win 4 years ago was partly down to a certain 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 the sign wasn't 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 date that might be

a sign of desperation shift bergrin women would you please like the. i say there may be good 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 of the candidates record to run on 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 i've encouraged 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 stoking 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 situations so he has lost a lot of this support and it may make a 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 by you say these maps 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 party 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 want you to grow up proud and strong in an america that believes in you and to a return to civil political discourse and fight like hell on the floor and then they go eat lunch together because they mostly put their friendship and their country 1st the party that's going to win over these moderate voters and the suburban women voters is a part of that 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 that. happen. whether that applause translates into votes for the president

won't be known until election day rosalyn jordan al-jazeera washington. several european countries are taking drastic measures to scold a 2nd wave of covert 19 states every magine see has gone into effect in spain prime minister pedro sanchez wants all the men to extend the measures for 6 months while in italy it's the router has implemented new measures including the mandatory closure of all bars by 6 pm paul brennan is following the latest developments from london. span of course you'll know i exceeded $1000000.00 cases of coronavirus the 1st european country to do so they did that on wednesday and sanchez the prime minister 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 adjust 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 week or less stringent other things that spain are introducing for example other they'll be able to close regional borders to travel and 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 content 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. and the city has yet to fully reopen after its coronavirus closures area of the sea and much of the city's entertainment venues are still closed but live comedy is back at least outside giving much needed loss to those who need it some to has a story i want to get if you could what am i going to get in a city where there has been little to laugh about this year finally some live stand up comedy in pandemic times what you are not that you were on a recent early evening dozens of people came to central park in new york to get a laugh their reaction right away from comics. i mean is amazing we haven't performed in 3 months they're tired they were tired of doing the same shows because you don't get any audience reaction when the pandemic hit new york city in march

everything shut down overnight any place where people gathered was shut and locked including broadway theaters and comedy clubs they've yet to reopen while most actors and musicians still don't have a place to perform in front of large crowds many comedians have found a way to adapt colonies comedy outdoors indoors pandemic apocalypse it's a simple arts mike crowd go it means nothing so that's why i guess we're the 1st thing in showbiz to come back up is because there's no production value it's just such a simple art that people like so i'm not surprised that we're here before broadway here before all the movies that's get back up that make sense to me i should make too much because new york has beaten back coronavirus at least for now city officials have been slow to reopen entertainment venues and your fear of a 2nd wave the outdoor shows certainly have

a different feel but it appears to work for both the comedians and the audience now it's big it's open people are 6 feet of. from each other so like there's times when there's also audience behind me because they're just trying to keep their distance but in a wild way it works i think the audience wants it as much as the comics want it and like somehow we're coming together and we're able to make a show. and make people laugh at a time when everyone seems to need it gabriel's hondo al-jazeera new york you. know again i'm fully back to go with the headlines on al-jazeera security forces in iraq have 5 gas and water cannon and protesters trying to get into bank that's fortified green zone the demonstrations against corruption and banning filming 1st began a year ago hundreds have been killed since jan simona 14.