the west criticized come to measures us to hot or too weak. but have the different experiences before asian nations in fact not shown the world to root out of this global pandemic. coronavirus lessons from asia on a jersey into. areas and him in advance. hand. 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. flow i'm maryam namazie in london you're watching al-jazeera as a coming up on the program. peaceful protests descends into violence and better

rootsweb the president is still resisting calls to resign and a nationwide strike is planned for monday u.s. vice president mike pence continues campaigning off to report suggest at least 5 senior staff members have tested positive for corona virus. and a ban on nuclear weapons will soon become a reality but is it worth the paper it's written on. the program our top story months after the pandemic brought them to a standstill iraq has again been thrown into turmoil by massive anti-government protests security forces fired tear gas and mortar cabinet demonstrators tried to enter baghdad's heavily fortified green zone thousands of people returned to the streets of the capital to mark a year since the movement against unemployment and corruption 1st started the

rallies led to the resignation of the former prime minister abdullah abdullah matty hundreds of protesters were killed in months of unrest across the country well al jazeera is simona fulton was that when protesters try to enter the green zone. just about 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 are several levels of property bare it's true free i believe so they crossed the 1st barricade at which point the security forces the boys here gas to push them back in the protesters subsequently we've through where we're not hearing at this point of any . any any lethal violence that is actually claimed the lives of protesters so far only here gas well those patents have been used to repel protesters were tried to

penetrate the fortified green coal but there are no passion for that remains to be seen what will happen in. the evening. things escalate when the front goes down here in fact. well our other top story this hour chill a ins are heading to the polls for his story referendum on whether to change the country's constitution president sebastian pinera cost his vote in the capital santiago mass protests that started last year prompted this referendum demonstrators want an end to a constitution that they say promotes social inequalities more than $14000000.00 people on eligible to vote. last america at its human is following developments from santiago historic referendum is saying against the backdrop of a pandemic what impact is that likely to have. what we've seen so far is that it's not having a very very strong impact at all there was fear that people would stay away because

of the very high contagion rate that we've seen in chile over the last 6 months but there are measures in place for example everyone has to bring their own blue ball point pen so that it doesn't exchange hands when you walk into a polling station you have alcohol placed on your hands before you leave you have hand sanitizers again people are keeping there so the social distancing and the many many new or rather more polling stations out there so that there aren't crowds as we usually see right now people have been voting for more than 8 hours so we're seeing less people this is the time for the elderly that's been reserved for everyone over the age of 60 for 2 hours and also the voting will last much longer than usual 3 hours or more all of this is meant of course to prevent large numbers of people from gathering and crowding together at the same time when they are trying to vote and we have seen again that there are many people trying to do just that on this occasion during the presidential election less than 50 percent of the

population voted but it's expected that for this all important referendum a far larger percentage of people especially young people who usually have shown lack of interest in voting have been coming out in large numbers as well yes it is because a suppose the existing constitution is seeing is the underlying cause of many people social and economic grievances and these protests we've seen over the past year or so if it's approved as expected how quickly is it likely to bring change. yes you're absolutely right many see it as their quality original sin of chile and that by changing it that would that would read the country of the last vestiges of the military dictatorship under which this constitution the words in place now was written but changing it to a new one which presumably will happen could take at least 2 years we also don't know whether it will be decided by a mix of senators and congressmen that would make a 50 percent of the delegates of

a new constituent assembly and the rest would be voted in a pot by popular vote or whether the entire could stick to and assembly will be made up of people voted democratically and in that case there would be gender parity so that's one of the big questions either way it will take a long time for this new constitution to be written so a lot of important changes will not take place in that period of time all right thanks very much our latin america as you see in human reporting to staff from santiago chile thank you sia. and now we go to baton rouge there's been an arrest more on rest across the country where thousands of opposition supporters rallied against the president alexander lukashenko demonstrators faced a fierce response from the security forces today activists have set a midnight deadline now for lukashenko to step down and the opposition on a chicken off sky is calling for a national strike and brian reports. this

was the police response on the streets of the belorussian capital moods. in what the opposition is calling state sponsored violence. security forces deployed stun grenades and tear gas on protesters who'd been marching against the president alexander lukashenko. the rally had started peacefully with wide columns of demonstrators fanning out across minsk they were heading for the president's home determined to send him a mess. ssage that it's time to go. the march was called by opposition leader scott liner taken off skier who'd given location can till the end of sunday to resign or face a nationwide general strike. organizers say more than 100000 people were out banging drums chanting strike and long live bellow roast.

chicken or scalia has managed to galvanize an enormous part for her was a yes or a she called 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 skier as his main rival she ran against him after her husband was jailed but was forced into exile in lithuania following the vote. 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 we also see that all you know all united states and all the rest of the greece have given very clear warnings to caution and i think sooner or later he will have to step down and

we have to be able. an advisor to take enough skier says local schenker only knows the language of power and fear and that it will lead him nowhere alexia brian al jazeera. and i'm are of the u.s. vice president's senior staff of tested positive for corona virus us media is reporting at least 5 people are on while one is his chief of staff mark shaw who is now in isolation despite that mike pence is planning to continue campaigning around the country. he and his wife reportedly in good health and tested negative on saturday democrat joe biden continues to lead in national polls with just 9 days to go until the election but the race is much closer in several important swing states . it is following everything and joins us now so 1st of all with tennis pasties

decision to continue campaigning at a time when obviously u.s. of arson factions are at record levels how is that to what's been the reaction to that well it's pretty clear the vice president pence is now following the guidelines of his own government which says if you've had close contact with somebody then you should isolate the white house is responding saying that he's going to follow the guidelines as if he was in some essential employee i still think that's probably a violation of the guidelines because again this wasn't just a assistant who had an office in another building this was his chief of staff who is incredibly close to the vice president and this is an office that's not known to be wearing a lot of masks but he is going to go ahead and continue just to put it in perspective this is the white house didn't want this story out and for some pretty obvious reasons the vice president is the head of the coronavirus task force as cases are plummeting to record levels excuse me exploding to record levels all over the

country now his own chief of staff gets it which calls into question just how safe they are being at the white house again many times not wearing masks so this just brings the coronavirus back front and center the president himself has been saying a relative of ours that's all they want to talk about let's move on pretty hard to do that when the chief of staff or the person in charge of the task force comes down with the coronavirus and it also is a very big contrast to what happened at the biden campaign when senator a couple of harris's aides came down with the current a virus she suspended her campaign and now she's reacting to the vice president not doing the same. this week alone nationally we are breaking records of the number of people that are contracting a deadly virus and this is ministration fails to take personal responsibility for responsibility in terms of leading the nation through this same dangerous and deadly mass casualty event so harris representing the buying team on the campaign

trail a surprisingly with 9 days to go former vice president joe biden is not doing any campaign events today he went to church with his granddaughters i mean well you see donald trump going to new hampshire and maine now he has the potential of picking of one electoral vote in maine not clear why he's going to new hampshire unless he's thinks this is a replay of the 2016 race where he was close polls show him pretty far behind biden in that state and it's a slightly odd move this close to the election there's about 6 states because of the electoral college the trumpet needs to win to stay in the presidency in some of those states he's polling pretty close to biden's that is florida one poll puts him within striking distance within the margin of error that's not the case in new hampshire still the president went to new hampshire did a rally and the same day that the very influential conservative newspaper in that

state which has never endorsed a democrat has always indorsed a republican except for in 2016 though it was a libertarian candidate they've come out and endorsed joe biden so the president traveling to a state that wouldn't give him the edge that he probably won't win but spending this 9th day before the election in that state thank you very much with all the nicest from washington patty call aine. well now a ban on nuclear weapons will come into force in january after 50 countries ratified it but as a key reason it might not bring change honduras was the latest country to sign that treaty on the prohibition of nuclear weapons budging never under any circumstances to develop test or produce any devices but there are some key names missing from this list including the 5 original nuclear states britain china france russia and the united states with america calling the treaty a strategic mistake while the u.n. secretary general said he was hopeful it remains that 9 countries currently hold

a stockpile of around 30 and a half 1000 weapons nearly 4000 of which are deployed around the world well rebecca johnson is the is the founding president of the international campaign to abolish nuclear weapons which was awarded the nobel prize in 2017 she says there's still a way to go. 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 for 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 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 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. it watching out there at life from london much most of tell you about the program going nowhere protesters stand found in the thai capital as the prime minister ignores that demands for him to leave. the. room and a big electoral upset in the tiny country of seychelles the opposition takes power for the 1st time since independence. we got some rather lively weather pushing in from the atlantic at the moment lots

of rain add some blustery showers rattling in quite an intense area of low pressure here bringing some very strong winds into were northern parts of the british isles as we go through the next couple of days and then we've got this cold front sinking further south who is very active on this one some some very downpours moving across france pushing over its woolsey alps will see some snow significant snowfall possible over the high aground and heavy right to lower levels of weather too pushing across northern areas of italy just around saudia and corsica that's all making its way further east was very heavy rain coming back in behind them because some really blustery shallow as for the british isles as we go on through choose day and this little swell up here that says they are remnants of what was our rick and epsilon and that's going to bring some very blustery conditions in across that western side if you have as we go through the middle part of next week then some outbreaks of write a possibility to into northern areas of morocco but for much of northern africa it will be largely dry you might just catch. all the parts of libya for

a time and then down into the central areas that's where we're going to see the heaviest rain we said particular big down pulls around the gulf of guinea. since 2013 wish the world innovation summit to health has gathered healthcare leaders practitioners and researchers together to larry interact and engage with innovative organizations. this year wish will take place virtually under the banner of one world our health. register now at wish dot org dot q.a. . the e.

a come back our top stories protesters of old projectiles and security forces have used tear gas in iraq's capital thousands of people on the streets to mark a year since major anti-government protests swept the country. voters in chile have just a few hours left to cause that ballots in a referendum to change the country's constitution the move was a key demand in violent protests which gripped the country last year and u.s. vice president mike pence is continuing his campaign even though a number of close aides have tested positive for the coronavirus his opponent come on harris as private him irresponsible. now several european nations are taking drastic measures in their fight against a rise in corona virus infections in spain for example

a state of emergency is now in effect and prime minister petro sanchez is asking the parliament to extend the measure for 6 months it is government announced a new package of anti coronavirus measures including closing all bars and restaurants by 6 pm in the netherlands infections there of jump by more than $10000.00 in the past 24 hours a record rise for the country which has already brought back some lock down measures. meanwhile global health experts are considering how to keep fighting the virus a long time many of gathered for the wild health summit with the head of the w.h.o. taking a central role is not enough to be reactive we must. respond to me over the long haul. we have to move from our hope solutions to long term planning to protect lives and livelihoods we still have a long haul ahead of us we can not slow down and we cannot waiver it's more important than ever that we focus on the elderly and the vulnerable populations who

already struggle to access the services including migrants and other marginalized groups we have a huge challenge ahead of us but this is not the 1st challenge we have is and this will not be the last. also taking part in that summit as thomas b. kearney the director general of the international federation of pharmaceutical manufacturers joins us live from basel switzerland and as you know there has been a great deal of concern about vaccine nationalism i'm just wondering about the discussions that are taking place where you are and just what you can tell us about collaboration between governments and the private sector to make sure that a vaccine is effective and available in poorer parts of the world as well as in richer countries indeed nachos defective and available but also safe because obviously we really avant to have

a backs in as fast as possible but we also need to make sure that we proceed as slow as needed because we want to make sure that the vaccines months they reach to people are tested for safety and efficacy. but of course even if and when a vaccine is found assuming that that will happen tell us about the challenges logistically and actually distributing so many doses. there are multiple challenges and you know we have a percent innovative pharmaceutical industry and basically although you agreed to bide more than $200.00 backs in projects in the word there are probably in the industrialized countries not more than a handful of big pharma companies able to manufacture large scale hundreds of millions in doses to give you a perspective to largest vaccine volume ever produced is $450000000.00

doses per year for polio here in corona virus code 19 we are talking about a neat of potentially $12.00 to $15000000000.00 as of a vaccine this causes staunton challenges for example you need specialized classifieds scarcity of that therefore instead of having single dose vaccines you will need to have multi those involved by you need a sufficient number of syrian chase and you also need specialized transportation and star edge because some of the most promising vaccines and particular dose who are furthest advanced they need our current chain up to minus 80 degrees celsius and therefore even in industrialized countries you can't expect that this will be easy to get in your cheapies office you will need specialized and i ask you you mentioned that you mentioned that the rush to produce

a vaccine one of the most promising prospects for about say you watching in the wild and also in this rush to produce a vaccine that could come at that speed will take precedent over a safety. no vaccine speed cannot compromise safety and efficacy and i think it's quite remarkable when you look at the leaders of the biggest vaccine manufacturers they have come out very public comment there was concern about political meddling in emergency use licensing in speed trumping vaccine safety of efficacy def come out and said they really want to submit to the most rigorous regulatory scrutiny to independent expert advisory committees to go in terms of transparency far beyond what's normally needed in fact lety processes in terms of publishing safety data are good as well as bad results of the accents

therefore the companies are deeply conscious for wondrous and not just because of coded 19 when you look at the number of anti vaccines in the world you do not want to create a disaster by going too fast you really need to move as fast as possible and as low as needed thank you very much it was good to talk to you thomas b. caney thank you very much. well now to thailand where thousands of protesters have converged in the capital bangkok after the prime minister ignored that deadline to resign demonstrators have given prions channel or until saturday night to step down following weeks of almost daily rallies they say his hold on power is illegitimate and of call for a forms to the government and curbs to the monarchy but the former army chief says he will not quit thailand's parliament is set to discuss the protests over the next 2 days tony chang is at the demonstration he says it's not clear what happens next . will the deadline for the time prime minister for to resign certify the protest

is 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 him before and sort of cutting transportation to central bank or the skytrain is still running the shop. erotic or so on some of the most luck shows in thailand are still open and there are shoppers mingling with the protesters and here we have has become known as to see are 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 is 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 monger. well now some news from pakistan at least 3 people have been killed during the explosion in baluchistan province the attack happened in a suburban neighborhood of the capital from initial capital quite a 6 others were injured when a bomb went off a vegetable market police say it was caused by an improvised explosive device fixed to a motorcycle no group has claimed responsibility for the attack. well in the same city an alliance of opposition parties was holding a mass rally at the same time as the attack took place the demonstration against prime minister imran khan was the 3rd in a week rallies have been organized by the pakistan democratic movement which was formed last month by 9 major opposition parties it claims the military backed khan in a rigged election 2 years ago. now here in the u.k. police are dealing with an incident involving an oil tanker in the english channel

helicopters have been seen circling above the liberian registered navy andromeda which sailed from lagos earlier this month police say several stowaways are on board who have made threats to the crew 5 kilometer exclusion zone is now in place with the coast guard on board a force aiming for what they call a safe conclusion it was due to dock in southampton on sunday but stopped at sea off to moving erratic off the isle of wight. opposition candidate in seychelles has won the country's presidential election while the run color one took more than 55 percent of the vote it's the 1st time the opposition has won in more than 40 years after independence from britain reports. this is 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 one had

brown 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 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 the 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 the africans who were brought here by the colonialists past inequalities persist that so many people are in. some you drop ins because they are so poor i don't like i would vote for a candidate that can do all things for everybody and every everyone in. the opposition's free markets 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 was promised for so long malcolm where al jazeera . also you can access live streaming here on our website but also get analysis that takes you behind the headlines al-jazeera dot com is the address. just a quick recap of the main stories now protesters have holed projectiles and security forces have used tear gas in iraq's capital thousands of people were on the streets to mark a year since major anti-government protests swept the country a number of injuries were reported in baghdad with demonstrations also seen in cities including now jeff and bastra. in our headlines voters in chile have just a few hours left to cast their ballots in a referendum to change the country's constitution and the move was

a key demand in violent protests which gripped the country last year the current charted dates back to the era of dictator.