al-jazeera. i am. slow this is the news hour on al-jazeera i'm fully back to go in doha coming up in the next 60 minutes. the security forces in iraq try a tear gas that found rallying to revive a revolt against the government there queues of corruption. chile holds a referendum on amending its constitution after a year of protests demanding social change also this hour a time zam thousands are on the streets in belarus as president alexander

lukashenko faces a deadline to step down and the winds of change and says shall the opposition wins the presidency for the 1st time in more than 14 b.s. . i am. thank you very much for joining us thousands of people have returned to the streets in iraq refusing to back down until their demands for political change are met the ranis mark a year since the beginning of a mass protest movement against government corruption a lack of jobs and the growing influence of iran but the protests lost momentum then came to assault because of the coronavirus fun demick earlier security forces fired tear gas at crowds trying to get into baghdad's fortified green zone since the young race began last year at least $600.00 protesters have been killed and thousands more injured the outrage force prime minister added laptev mahdi to

resign not november iraq's new leaders however have yet to deliver major reforms al-jazeera simona 14 is following developments in back dot. 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 several levels of concrete barriers to free i believe so they crossed the 1st barricade at which point the security forces the boys here gassed to push 'd them in the protesters subsequently we threw we're we're not hearing at this point of any. any any. violence that has actually claimed the lives of so far only. have been used to repel protesters tried to penetrate the fortified green.

zone what will happen. when the front goes down here in fact there. is an ominous and researcher specializing in identity politics in iraq he says a year after the protest movement began it still remains possible. iraq after your tobar revolution is not the same iraq as before the october revolution they use is very well organized it's very they're very aware of youthful revolutions is a usenet grassroots movement that is standing up against the political elite whether it is and the government and the militias or political parties that are governing or controlling or influencing the iraqi political arena and economics from beyond the government people activists peaceful activists where so far getting directly there was still kidnapped and assassinated throughout the past month

just as were the b. one year commemoration of the anniversary of the whole the revolution not much has changed maybe in the early stages of the hoover revolution last year we saw the resignation of the prime minister and the announcement of a possible as i nation by the president these are symbolic achievements of youth process moving home a revolution in iraq yet we don't have just the changes we're told or lucian currency is not only focusing on our giving be medical status quo in iraq but it's also demanding justice off the chill of the assassinated peace process there were 600 peaceful purposes was killed since last year prime minister the most the hotel to me promise to set up a committee to investigate the behind the assassinations of those peaceful protesters and nothing has been put forward to the public appeal. to chile now

where polling stations are open for historic referendum on whether to change the constitution mass protests started last year led to the referendum demonstrators want an end to a dictatorship era constitution that they say promotes social inequalities more than $14000000.00 people are eligible to vote if approved a constitutional assembly would be chosen in april next year let's bring in america editor lucien human who's live for a scene in santiago so loose here historic vote today but it's happening of course in the time of coronavirus tell us 1st about the turnout what's has it been like. hi there well we are now in a low income neighborhood in downtown santee at all and we've seen a very large turnout after 7 hours since the polls will 1st open at this hour that elderly people have a preference so we're seeing some of the elderly coming some of them in wheelchairs

others in the in chains people of all ages really but it has been a very very good we're also seeing people getting in front of us. as you can see at the very entrance there's someone there to put hand sanitizer on everybody's hands as they come in it's obligatory to bring your own blue ink pen so that nobody so the 10s do not pass from hand to hand when you mark the ballot and been going very very smoothly so far especially young people who have in the last 10 years or so have abstained in very large numbers but voting is not mandatory but we've seen many many young people very enthusiastically coming out to the polls most of them i must say to vote in favor of changing the constitution which would leave which would put an end to the one of the last vestiges or rather the last vestige of the military dictatorship here in chile. 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 united is joined to the celebration so that her daughter she says could live in chile with dignity take care of. our constitution is our original sin it regulates what we can and cannot have and clearly it's no good. 40 years ago military dictator general pinochet called for a new constitution to be drafted it was all for terry and 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 money has become. an american success story the fact that the government has been forced to cave in to demands for 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 are going to us our 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 or not.

ultimately blames chillies. not change things to make this is a more inclusive there are very well bottom up reports that drastically transform be acquired 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. what are we expecting then from from the outcome and what is the process going to look look at right going forward . we're expecting that those who are voting approved rather than reject the idea of writing the new constitution will win by a fairly large margin that's according to absolutely every poll that's come out so far what we don't know however is the 2nd question how it will be answered whether

or not a new constitution should be written by a mix 7 of congressmen and congresswomen 50 percent of the other 50 percent voted by a selected by popular vote or whether the entire legislative constitutional assembly rather will be voted by popular vote and that makes a lot of difference for some people who say that they don't want any of the current politicians to have anything to do with the new magna carta in this country either way it's going to take at least 2 years for the whole thing to from the beginning till the end and then it will be submitted to another referendum to see if the chilean people agree on this new drafted version of a constitution for this country moving forward again it won't solve any of the problems of this country in the short term but it does give a lot of people a lot of hope thank you for that lucy in human life or assume sontag cheney. in thailand protesters have been rallying in bangkok after the prime minister ignored their demand to resign by saturday prime minister pryor 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 more knocking 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 corn sort of causing 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 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 always 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 among those i. had to more head on this news hour including should have been women would you please likely. to help donald trump win the white house 4 years ago we'll look at why women in the u.s. suburbs may not back in this time past lewis hamilton breaks michael schumacher has wrecked it for formula one race when still have the details in sports. and the the coronavirus pandemic now in several european countries are

taking drastic measures to slow the 2nd wave of cold 19 a state of emergency has gone into effect in spain prime minister pedrosa inches wants to extend the measures for 6 months it's only has implemented new measures including the mandatory closure of all bars by 6 pm or brennan is following the latest european developments from london. then of course you'll know i exceeded 1000000 cases of coronavirus the 1st european country to do so they did that on weapons day and petr 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 are 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 theaters 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.

it's 9 days to go until the u.s. president presidential election and donald trump's win 4 years ago was partly down to a certain group of votes is white suburban women it's unclear whether he has what it takes to win them over this time last 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 damn neighborhood 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 islam and 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 over look trumps with solid genie because they like 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 1000 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. i by the child care by the educational difficulties by their parents

being in situations 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 party call if you were elected this guy the suburbs would be overwhelmed with violence and grime meantime and 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 the party 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. whether that applause translates into votes for the president won't be known until election day rosalyn jordan al-jazeera washington. as was mentioned in her report the us elections are happening at a century after women in america were granted the right to vote the 19th amendment gave voting rights to all women but women of color had to wait several decades more to achieve full voting equality the u.s. lags behind $52.00. ns around the world when it comes to economic education health and political opportunities for women although

a record number of women are in congress right now they make up a little more than 23 percent in the house of representatives and 26 percent in the senate democrats drove the record representation while the number of women republicans in congress actually went down after the 28 in mid terms. of daughter indian in jamaica immigrants is the 1st woman of color to be nominated by a major party for vice president earlier i spoke to noah akeson who is a professor of political science at the university of new mexico and she explained why more women are shunning donald trump. well women in general are very central to the presidential election because they represent a larger bloc of voters they represent the good 10000000 or more voters in the electorate than men and so women have made the difference in a lot of campaigns and you know we focused on a soccer moms before now we're focusing on them as suburban women we know in the

end most most voters are nature of the times voters and so cobe it is the overwhelming issue on the table that's right in front of everybody it's affecting everybody lives in multiple waves and. as you're you know 3 preinterview said you know they're focusing on having to deal with their children their parents there's a lot of stuff going on for women in the suburbs and women all over the country when it comes to kovan in coded is the primary issue is as those numbers rise right now that is surely bad for president trump i think it's you know it's primarily coded in the impact of code it on the economy and the negative effects going on in all kinds of different different aspects of people's lives again you know cove it is really what is front and center and then it is impacting so many other aspects of policy education health care what if you need something else and of course jobs

and employment so it is affecting everything and it is not looking good right now. now with just 9 days to go until election day donald trump is campaigning in 2 states this sunday live to particle hane in washington d.c. patty he's in new hampshire and later in maine how significant are these 2 states well i have to be honest with you i have absolutely no idea why his campaign chose to go to new hampshire it's not one of the critical states that he needs to win to win the presidency where he's polling remotely close to his opponent former vice president joe biden he's in new hampshire it's sort of a speech is rather rambling even by his standards but the difference now is he brought a video monitor leahy playing clips of joe biden's are trying to change it up a little bit on the campaign trail the only explanation for why he would be in new hampshire is if he thinks he's rerun in the 2016 election there he narrowly lost the state to hillary clinton but the polls are close that they're not close now in

new hampshire he's again down by about 10 points with 9 days to go pretty hard to change that you're ject or even with a campaign rally the reason he's going to maine is a little bit more clear maine is one of 2 states along with nebraska that actually break up their electoral votes you know an across the country mostly it's winner take all the electoral votes and again you have to get to 270 in order to win the presidency but he has a fairly decent shot of getting at least one electoral vote 'd out of the state of maine which is sort of sends the message that he thinks this is going to be close to that one of electoral vote could make a difference but again i think most political analysts would question why he's in these 2 states with 9 days to go and mike pence is also campaigning still campaigning patty even though several members of his in a circle have tested positive for corona virus and the white house and a stand have been trying to keep this under wraps. they had and he is campaigning tonight at

a rally and the reason the white house says is because they're going to follow all the c.d.c. protocol for essential employees but this is really unusual this isn't like somebody who is a c. a junior aide to him says chief of staff who's tested positive and has symptoms he was around him just days ago now the white house says he and the 2nd lady have both tested negative but again if he was exposed just friday he could show start showing symptoms tomorrow and be tested positive but that's not stopping them from going on the campaign trail the reason they want to keep it secret is because this is the worst possible news at the worst possible time let's not forget mike pence is the head of the coronavirus task force he was an evil able to keep his chief of staff from getting coronavirus and it just brings back to the headlines how badly this country is doing what comes to fighting the pandemic in dozens of states we are seen spikes that have never been recorded before the highest since the pandemic

came to the shores of this country we're seeing hospital systems in state after state strain there's talk of airlifting patients at a texas hospital because they're simply running out of beds and all of the experts are saying in the next 2 weeks it's just going to get so much worse and that means it's every day the headlines going to be it's worse than it was before it's worse than it was yesterday for 9 days straight up until the election so the last thing the white house wants to say is look we couldn't keep the vice president's chief of staff safe we're definitely in charge of it when it comes to the country thank you for that patty kahane live in washington d.c. . and saying in the u.s. the republican controlled senate has voted to limit the debate over president trump speak for the supreme court this means a final confirmation vote 'd for judge any connie barrett could take basis early as monday no nominee to the supreme court has ever been confirmed this goes to a presidential election barrett's nomination follows the death of the lates justice ruth bader ginsberg last month. to belarus now where opposition leaders atlanta

taken off chaos called a nationwide strike on monday after the president refused to resign more than 100000 people rallied across the country in support of taken off sky or has been in exile demanding that alexander lukashenko step down alexia by reporters. this was the police response on the streets of the belorussian capital minsk. in what the opposition is calling state sponsored violence. security forces deployed stun grenades and tear gas on protesters who've been marching against the president alexander lukashenko. the rally had started peacefully with wide columns of dam and straight is fanning out across ments they were heading for the president's home determined to send a message that it's time to go i was. on the march was

called by opposition leader at state line a ticking off skier who'd given location can to lee end of some day to resign or face and mention my general strike. organizers say more than a 100000 people were out banging drums chanting strike and long live ballad roofs. chickens coming out has managed to galvanize an enormous support for her a serious as she calls herself a housewife and president elect. recognized by most european countries always gotten out of order for her. this is the 11th straight weekend of process since the disputed election in august 1. that the opposition says was rigged taking a sky is his main rival she ran against him after her husband was jailed but was forced into exile in lithuania following the vote. i look at shane has been in

power for more than 25 years and doesn't want to quit his main ally russia has offered both political and military support and assistance remains extremely strong . united states and all the rest of the house giving very clear warnings. and i think sooner or later he was asked to step down and we have to be able. an advisor to take enough skier says look the schenker only knows the language of war and fear and that it will lead her nowhere the lexer branches here. still ahead on al-jazeera we'll look at how water is one of the key issues fueling the conflict between azerbaijan and armenia. what the are not natural workers. having a good laugh about a pandemic comedians in new york find a way to keep people entertained and safe from covered 19 and one of the biggest

mainly seen combat sports announcers is retirement immediately after defending the start. 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 as the clear skies a little bit of showery activity taking place across the eastern side of the mediterranean but even around the levant it will be fine into live with pleasant sunshine temperatures up around the 30 degree mark into the mid thirty's there for baghdad i'm full q 832 in doha and with light winds it really will feel lovely as because through the next couple of days that fire in the settled weather stretches right across the peninsula we have got some showers just around the horn of africa which to the south of actually we've got some showers just feeding their way into

somalia that could lead to some localized flooding of course sherri activity just running its way into central africa pushing across into the gulf of guinea some big a lot of the a possibility here further south of this general retrial and we do have a few showers just around that eastern side of south africa hanging on to the heat into hanna's berg and also into cover on temperatures here at around $35.00 degrees celsius not warm weather will continue as we go one inch you choose to follow dry for much of south africa one of 2 showers making the way into madagascar the northern pass mozambique. on counting the cost for the biden victory means for china as the democrats lined up a multi-billion dollar plan to confront beijing president she's project to rival silicon valley how africa businesses are coping with the pandemic. the cost on

al-jazeera he began with the war and the growing it used here. but a. documentary filmmaker once granted unconditional contrasts his experiences with those seeking refuge today and intimate you know the consequences of the policies of detainment is really almost the same in all this misery they cannot absorb this number that people have to suffer and in this way it is unacceptable. on al-jazeera. its context these are the 3 in-depth storytelling around the biggest issues we've done we've had to do usually do it again. root. to. hold.

them back you're watching the news on al-jazeera with me fully back to our top stories security forces in iraq have fired tear gas at protesters trying to get into baghdad supported by green zone demonstrations against corruption and unemployment 1st began a year ago hundreds have been killed since then. but i wish an opposition leader as atlanta in austria has called a nationwide strike on monday after the president refused to resign by sunday more than a 100000 people rallied to demand. and alexander lukashenko stepped down and polling stations in chile are open for a referendum on whether to change the constitution in mass protests that started last year led to the referendum demonstrators say the constitution cannot social inequalities let's speak about this now to peter said ellis who is a professor of political science at wake forest university specializing in chile

and that america he joins us live from winston salem in north carolina in the u.s. thank you so much for being with us so it seems pretty much like a done deal that this new constitution in chile will be approved the big question now though is who will write it who do you think should be tasked with drafting this new constitution well just the most significant political moment actually is facing since the end of the dictatorship started 98 and ultimately. chile has been operating under a constitution written by a dictatorship so it's essential that this new constitution be written by a majority unlike the last one that was written by minority so in this sense the key question the actual space right now is whether there's 2 questions on the 1st or even if they were a new constitution and 2nd if so should a constituent assembly address it that would be made up of all the population what should a mixed commission made up of have citizens who have members of congress be in

charge. at this point right now it appears in the polls that the us is going to win and that the constituent assembly made up of its high population but might be people like we are. can a new constitution though change cheney's old problems you know what specific issues you think need to be looked at that can bring about real change it and put chile on a more socially equal path. look the protests in chile right that broke out last year they're not about transport increase of increase in the transport the or anything like that but they were laid to rest the really about 30 years of injustice that's been building and building and building and finally explode it on the last october so in this sense it's fundamental what the constitution provides a framework to address the problems that are facing chile my fear is that how this is going to end up a situation that is to say the most pressing issues facing chile is inequality

inequality of income inequality of opportunity inequality the pension system the quality education system in the health system my fear is that if the constituent assembly wins that that that the constitution iraq i just will attempt suits old policy into the constitution and that's not the role of constitution the role of a concept to just provide a framework under which those reforms can be undertaken and that's the really most pressing challenge facing chile right now that colombia has tried this experiment in the 1990 s. with mixed results how can chill a better or different me think. well it's going to be a challenge it's going to be a real challenge to do this differently and that's why in my view i think the mixed assembly is best because then you'll have members of congress who have some experience with legislating in with the political system but also the representation of the people so in this sense it's essential that what the constitution focuses on is

a minimalist approach that is to say what constitutions are designed and what they're supposed to do constitutionally are supposed to protect minorities and they're also going to britain to protect against the crease dismissal jory so in this sense what the constitution needs to do is minimally guarantee those rights and provide a framework under which these reforms can be undertaken. thank you so much for talking to a spirit from wake forest university thank you for your insight on this. venezuelan opposition leader leopoldo lopez has fled for spain he took refuge in the spanish embassy in caracas in april $21000.00 after a failed plot to overthrow president nicolas maduro the former political prisoner has been a mentor to opposition leader one by dole lopez reportedly escaped venezuela by sea and says shell the opposition candidate has won the presidential election in an upset by vale rum color wand gained more than 55 percent of the vote as the 1st

presidential win for the opposition in more than 40 years since independence from britain akamai of reports. this is the 1st change of government in seychelles since the 1970 s. . drawn. from. the elected candidate for the presidential election it was the 6th time around color one had 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 losers there were no winners our country was given the opportunity to come out as the ultimate winner with more than $70000.00 voters scatter the cost 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 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 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. because. like.

everybody everyone in. the opposition's free market ideologies and anti corruption message have attracted growing support some felt the governing party's 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 has promised for so long. george bibi is a former opposition member of parliament in. a new government can bring about change. it is a very important victory for will be a position. it's been almost 43 years since the last. not the last where we have we have. a one party state. and the president is just the. opposition which has been standing for the presidency for the last 5

and we are happy that the situation changed and it is good for the say shows and it's good for the people but the shift has come not as a result of the youth because. we had the hardcore old people but they passed and now we have the youth but it's significant in the sense that we i ness attrition today especially for the new government it's a situation where you are coming in where you have to move in 1000 and you have a ship which has lost its engine a ship which just lost this rishon and it's moving towards the show it's how do we move forward this is a challenging time for the opposition but i am confident that the new government will be able to meet the challenges of the of the new era to bring

6 years into than to the show the united nations and african union has strongly condemned an attack on a school in cameroon at least 8 students were killed and 13 seriously injured it happened in a soft western city of combat andrew chappelle has the details. 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.

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 ready being ready ready ready. and live on separatists have boycotted public schools for the past 4 years as part of their protests against president paul b. as government leaving hundreds of thousands of children out of school earlier this month the boycotts eased and schools reopened only for students to fall victim to this attack and schapelle al-jazeera the israeli government has ratified a deal to normalize diplomatic ties with the rain it still requires approval from parliament on friday sudan became the 3rd country to agree to a u.s.

brokered deal to normalize relations with israel. goal of. the 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 the role was most important in achieving these 3 peace agreements at least 2 people have been killed in a bomb explosion in pakistan's baluchistan province dozens are said to have been injured in the blasts that happened in quite a police say it was caused by an improvised explosive device that was fixed to a motorcycle and opposition parties have been holding a rally in the same city in pakistan the mass demonstration in balochistan against prime minister eman khan is the 3rd in a week. calls are growing for china to release 12 hong kong activists accused of being involved in the city's pro-democracy movement 100 protested in taiwan's

capital taipei the group try to reach air by boat when they were arrested at sea in argos are accused of manufacturing explosives arson and rioting in hong kong. has a by john in armenia continued battling on sunday over the disputed region of nagano despite the still side saying they want a peaceful resolution fighting began weeks ago but the conflict has been simmering for decades one major issue is control of water hoda abdel-hamid has this report from the tata river in azerbaijan. it's been nearly 30 years since water was last flowing into farmlands along the line of control between azerbaijan and armenia to save his crops of wheat clover and cotton tilman had to dig up wells deep enough to reach the underground water but. i remember when the water was plentiful here i remember when these canals were built it was 974 rivers waters were rich in

minerals and the crops were very good the underground water is not as rich in minerals anymore my annual yield is much lower and the quality of the crops is not as good. water is one of the issues at the heart of the conflict between the 2 countries people here say their livelihood has been taken hostage by armenia which had controlled the main reserve wire that supplies the water system in these from time areas until just a few weeks ago the tartar rivers fed by the dam which was built by the soviets but then fell under control after it seized as a very land in the early 19 $190.00 s. now azerbaijan says that. stopped the flow of water so the river bed would dry up. as a belgian announced it had retaken control of the reserve war in the 2nd week of the conflict. the road leading there is a radio under construction despite its proximity to the front line and continues

shelling. and water has started trickling again to the total river which runs about 200 kilometers along to cover both region and surrounding areas. water started to arrive in some regions but it hasn't reached everywhere yet we need the water to start flowing the river again we are depleting the underground water and we need the water from the reservoir to increase the underground reserves is going to take time before the farmers here enjoy a water flowing in their canals again many need to be weeded out and repaired it will also take time before the tartar river is full again but for many here at the little water that is a ready reaching it is a sign that as it by jens army at the moment is making some territorial gains put up that hamid. an international treaty to ban nuclear weapons has been given the final ratification it needs on saturday honduras 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 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 then the 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. i said ahead in sports there's a dramatic end to the game 4 of baseball's while series still have all the action next to save lives. stranded at 8 long years on the su is canal. creating their own community and the economy there was you know president bush used to go when he would al-jazeera world tells the tale of 14 cargo vessels accidentally caught up in the arab israeli conflict it was quite a surprise to find myself in russia in the middle of a war through the sailors whose ships of the desert sands the yellow fleet on

al-jazeera while about half an hour when the president of the united states speaks out the rest of the world takes notice. aggressive negotiation on trade deals. unparalleled military might international agreements hanging by a thread will the next u.s. foreign policy put america 1st. and be a leading light for the world. sam in the key issues of the us elections on al-jazeera. the old. city has yet to fully reopen after its scotia's any of the cme much of the city is

entertainment venues are still closed but live comedies back at least outside giving much needed loss to those who need it gave it a listen to has the 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's 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 and demick apocalypse it's a simple arts mike crowd go it means nothing so that's why i guess we're the 1st thing in show biz 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 movie sets get by. it makes sense to me i should know it's 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 apart 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. new york times has to. thanks very much well let's start with another record breaking moment for lewis hamilton in formula one is now one more races than michael schumacher the british miss avies driver who equalled the record last time out in germany when the portuguese grown prayed to make it 92 victories in his career more than any other driver in history hamilton started on pole briefly dropped to 3rd place but eventually fought back to finish in the hof a minute ahead of his teammate 3 bought us a moves hamilton 77 points clear in the drivers' championship with 5 races left as cosyn and schumacher as record of 7 well titles i could only ever dreamed of being

where i am today and. i didn't have a magic ball when i when i said i'd changed to come to this team and partner with these great people but here i am and what i can tell you is that trying to make the most of it every single day everything that we do together we do it we all run in the same direction and that's that's really why you're seeing the success they were having one of the biggest names in combat sports have has announced his retirement immediately after his latest victory the russian fighters stopped justin with a choke hold to defend his u.f.c. lightweight title and maintain his $29.00 fight unbeaten record but then overcome with emotion he called time on his career it was he believes 1st fight since the death of his father and lifelong coach who passed away from a heart problem exacerbated by cope at 19 it was my last fight and no way i'm going to come here without my father it was your stand point. after what

happened with my father when you have to call me about justin. i talk with my father and mother my mother 3 days. should go and i will fight without father i promise not it's gonna be my last fight and if i give my wallet. i have to follow they say well afterwards you have see president dana white revealed her went into the fight with a broken foot he said he has to be considered as the greatest of all time he is one of the toughest human beings on the planet and he is just is the number one pound for pound fighter in the world and seriously have to start put them up there or go status with you know whoever else you think is the go. the baseball now and the tampa bay rays have pulled off a dramatic victory in game 4 of the world series against the los angeles dodgers an $87.00 win on saturday sees the championship tied at 2 games each pay to stammer ports evening in our engines or so much was at stake the los angeles dodgers bought

a 21 series lead into game for victory here would put them one win away from a 1st world series titles since 1908. just on turner was a home run hero in las game 3 women and he was off to a good start here 2 balls to strikes corey siegel also got in on the act for the dodgers this home it was 8th of a postseason a record and helped los angeles to a 2 nothing lead. seeger's record was short lived though the home run courtesy of randy arose arena not only put the tampa bay rays on the scoreboard but was also his mind of the postseason and 3rd of the world series. here is the 3 turning even though l.a. restored day to run leads tampa bay stayed close until renfro hit this big home run in the 5th inning to make it 32. by the bottom of the 6th the rays had taken the

lead 5. 3 run homer from brandon low turning the game around for the tampa bay rays . the dodgers were back in front 76 in the bottom of the 9th but tampa bay were not yet done running from 1st base a rose arena just did not stop dodgers catcher will smith fumbled the rose arena was home the rays at 187 and the world series tied at 22. in baseball this is probably the most fun that you can have next to like a walk off homer in the world series just because it was a collective group of guys who have who came together and everyone pulled their way tonight for to win and honestly you can't say that all the time about baseball you know so that's what makes this win so special we know it's not going to be easy we know how difficult this is. going to learn from tonight make our judgments when you

make and come back and find a way to win again more. both teams are now 2 wins away from glory game fun is on sunday he just emit al-jazeera. to cycling now and british try to tailgate in hans has won the day talia after winning the penultimate stage on saturday he did enough in the final time trial to finish top of the overall standings out of australia is jay inslee. on the football and x. have recorded the biggest win in the league's history they have been low 13 mill on saturday the scene at toyota schooled 5 of the goals for i.x.'s the hosts went down to 10 men the result leaves i exposed to the top of the edited izzy table but then my play is left stunned and that's all the sport for now more later. joe thank you very much for that save for this news hour on al-jazeera from me fully back to one whole team here in doha thank you very much for watching what live next my london

new center with a mosque this day with. temperatures are on the rise global warming is taking effect. as one of the world's biggest emitters of greenhouse gases the u.s. is set to withdraw from the paris climate accord the day after the presidential election we care and we will deal with climate change for the new president reversed the decision in time face up to the climate crisis all of the key issues of the us elections on al-jazeera. as protests and valorous

continue cooling for the resignation of president bush. there was some of the women who have become the driving force of the protests. al-jazeera. the soon as the sun goes down for the standing by russia is a very challenging place to work i think on the list you're always thinking. part of the time for most always on good luck to all we are the while traveling the extra mile where all the media go to go we go there and we give them a chance to tell their story. when covert 19 1st struck china and began to spread the cost asia. some in the west criticized come. to measures us to halt or to we. have the different experiences before

asian nations in phuket not shown the world to root out of this group under. coronavirus lessons from asia on a jersey of. anger and unrest returned to the streets of the iraqi capital protesters tried to storm the fortified green zone security forces responded with tear gas. now i'm maryam namazie and london you're watching al-jazeera coming up on the program. peaceful protests descends into violence in belarus whet the president is still resisting calls to resign and a nationwide strike is planned for monday u.s. wise.