on al-jazeera we understand the differences. cultures across the world and that's what we need to be using calendar for that matter to. celebrations in chile where people have voted in a referendum to decide whether to reform a constitution that many say promotes any quality. come about this and this is al jazeera live doha also coming up. marking a year since the start of major anti-government protests in iraq demonstrators say the government has done little to end corruption. shops closed curfews imposed and

a state of emergency in new measures are in place across europe to stop the spread of covert 19. a call for a nationwide strike in belo rose after the president ignores the opposition's demand to step down. celebrations are underway in chile where of looks like a referendum to change the constitution is set to pass with an overwhelming majority these are live pictures from the capital santiago many say the current guidelines imposed 4 decades ago under a military dictatorship have led to widespread inequalities the government agreed to the referendum following protests that began one year ago. in america added to the scene newman is joining us now from from santiago give us an idea of what the mood is like on the streets because it does seem as though. people are pretty

confident that even though the final results are not yet in this is going to go ahead. you're absolutely right there seems to be very little question about whether it's i mean rather it's not about whether but by how much the approval volta will have one we have we have seen some of the exit polls and if this were a boxing match you could say to be a broom versus the reject has won by a not proud bunch where hearing everything from 70 to 80 something percent approval 15 to 20000 so it is really really quite massive it's not quite clear yet whether a constitutional assembly will also have be approved that means when the delegates to rewrite the constitution huge will all be. popular vote on whether half of them will be lembergs of the current congress and senate but that's still to come meanwhile people who are waiting for the final official vote to come out they're

coming here in waves by the thousands to italia miles had to celebrate that is the traditional place in chile where people celebrate it's also wedding protests and because of those massive protests that began on the 18th of october of last year and we have been continuing is the reason why this function you know the referendum took place in the 1st place it was one of the key demands of millions of millions and they finally got what they wanted. though this is not the end of the story is it because there's still a lot to be sorted out like who is going to actually put this together and when it's going to happen and how it's going to happen. yes exactly it is going to be rather complicated there but it's far from over and i think a lot of political battles are still yet to be full of whether the political parties will have a larger say than the ordinary social groups which it and. go. community

organizations which is what a lot of people are demanding who will actually write it and that has to be the result of an election as well so we're going to have a lot of elections one after the other once they are elected in children and then it comes to writing the hard part and that could take up to 2 years. or surely we'll have a new constitution and in the meantime people's demands will not have ended so the real question is whether all of this will be enough to keep or to somehow to channel this massive social discontent that we've been seeing in chile where people will have the patience to wait for this new constitution that they have apparently just voted for but for now the city of course people are in the streets celebrating and we're going to be coming back to you as thought those celebrations carry on before not in this in your home in santiago thank you very much indeed. protesters in iraq are marking one year since their movement against government corruption began on sunday they came out to renew their call for action several people were

injured after security forces fired tear gas and water cannon and those trying to force their way into baghdad's green zone under some wonderful team reports many demonstrators say the government has done little to improve their lives. after months of quiet baghdad status square came alive on sunday to commemorate the one year anniversary of iraq's anti-government protest. students and teachers what previously marched to hear every sunday but had stayed away because of the coronavirus pandemic once again joined in. the atmosphere was part of part somber they rejoice to debate of the same revolutionary songs of last year but also remember those who died for the cause. here this year we'll commemorating the youth who have died of old this time they still haven't done anything for us we don't have the homeland we are to get it seems impossible but what we want now is

our rights and the rights of the protesters who died. protesters climbed atop the barricades leading to the heavily fortified green zone which houses government offices taunting a ruling class they see as corrupt last year they forced the then prime minister either at the to resign at the parties in the system that brought him to power remain in place and other. you know. this constitution doesn't represent us it's a constitution that suits them because they wrote it to serve their interests these rich people who have hotels commissions and millions while we are here starving. but the movement has been plagued by disunity and the lack of organization most protesters advocated for peaceful demonstrations there was. yeah the revolutionaries agreed to make this a peaceful protest without is kill a sion and they are voicing their demands in

a peaceful way. but others decided to cross the barricades to the green zone in an attempt to lay siege to parliament riot police used tear gas to repel them resulting in several light injuries a government spokesman said dozens of security forces were also injured when demonstrators threw stones petrol bombs and homemade hand grenades c. but. one of the security forces present on the 3 barricades and atop the buildings didn't carry firearms the instructions were very clear and frank and until this moment there was high commitment from the side of the security forces to protect the protesters because the prime minister has called for early elections in june next year but many protesters feel the government hasn't done enough to meet their demands for sweeping reforms. sunday's the most ration is where to some extent a test for the protest movement to see if it could once again mobilize crowds and while it was the biggest gathering in months the numbers were not what they used to

be last year what remains to be seen rather the protest movement going to once again galvanize support in the days to come see want to fault in al-jazeera. so it is a senior research fellow at chatham house and he says it's going to be hard for the government to needs protesters demands. these are not the 1st times we've seen protests in iraq in fact many times since 2003 there have been protests but in the past the leaders i mean have been able to kind of i don't know economics i.e. giving more jobs to giving people more employment or through ideology using terrorism baathism sectarianism they've been able to kind of manage protests these protests the elite have no answer to they had to use either ideology or get buy them off in that way because it was said the economy is on the break into iraq and the people are tired of the same political parties and the misgovernance this is

a population that has been traumatized after 17 years of misgovernance and they want just take it and so. they're calling for accountability they're calling for things that the head not to give them because doing that would have to undermine the whole system they call them they're calling this a revolution that they want to end that system so 'd it's on the great and there isn't really in the bush a point there there's no need to be hurting stalemate as it were to get them together in that way so the only thing the prime minister is left with is calling for this early election but in iraq we've had many elections we've had many electoral law reforms but we've never we haven't changed the same political parties were in power up to 2003 from spilling out you know spreading and sort of dividing up the spoils of that war france is reporting its highest a single day coronavirus and factions with 52000 and the past 24 hours cases have been on the rise and listen weeks and they've now passed 1000000 the surgeon and

factions is affecting many countries in europe some are now imposing stricter measures the west have countries like italy and spain hope public cooperation will mean there's no need for another complete lockdown and even baba has more. one of a string of protests in italy against pandemic related restrictions demonstrators converged on the government building in rome to denounce a nighttime curfew they say it's shuttering the economy. sunday the prime minister announced tough new measures saying covered 1000 cases were rising dangerously across the country and placing pressure on the health system. just. managing the pandemic means to permit a medical system to give a prompt response guaranteeing treatment and proper hospitalizations to all citizens it means to prevent a 2nd complete lockdown like the one we had in spring the country cannot afford it

. bars and restaurants have to close at 6 pm although they can offer a takeaway service gyms swimming pools cinemas and theaters are being ordered to shots people are being strongly advised not to leave home except for work health or education purposes but so far there's no ban on travelling spain is going further with a new state of emergency coming into effect on sunday night the country's desperately trying to avoid going through the trauma it suffered in the spring the new law includes night time curfews everywhere except the canary islands prime minister pedro sanchez says the legislation will last for 15 days but he lost parliament to extend it for 6 months and i want to go into the whole legal constitutional it gives legal constitutional coverage for the temporary restriction for 6 months of fundamental rights such as freedom of movement from 11 pm to 6 am it also gives regions the ability to stop people coming in or out of certain neighborhoods a city or a whole region. the world health organization says europe reported 222000 new

covered $1000.00 cases on saturday accounting for nearly half the global total but addressing the world health summit happening in berlin but also online the head of the united nations urged countries to think beyond their own borders and we need global solidarity every step of the way developed countries must support all systems in countries that are short of resources and we must join together as governments the private sector of civil society and all partners to make sure vaccines tests and treatments are available to everyone everywhere and vaccine must be global public goods. on the edge of europe russia's caseload remains the 4th largest in the world they've recorded more than 15000 new coronavirus infections every day for a week but the government's repeatedly dismissed the idea of a new lock down or shutting down businesses an outlier in the response to the pandemic at least for now nadine barber al jazeera. still ahead in al-jazeera

what's next for the seychelles as it sees its 1st change of government in more than 40 years and we'll look at how water is one of the key issues fueling the conflict between us about john and armenia. however the weather slushy set fire across a good part of asia that sent in the case into northern and eastern areas of asia not too much cloud all rain to concern ourselves with a lot of fun and try for japan 23 celsius there in tokyo fall on a dry across the korean peninsula and fading across a good part of china will see some wet weather maybe some wintry weather pushing in here over the high ground as we go on through choose day the real weather action is further south and i'm afraid we have more heavy downpours pushing towards

a vietnam flood affected vietnam at that we have trouble storm south they'll say in the process of waiting so we're not too concerned about the winds really more rain that's not going to help out but further race we'd have another system making its way across the philippines and this will gradually make its way out into the south china sea eventually running towards central and southern parts of vietnam so it will exacerbate the flooding that we already have in place here has already caused some flooding across central parts of the philippines but it will pull away from here as we go through chews day and on into wednesday and as you can see it's going to make its way towards central parts of the philippines just to the south of the nang to the south of why more flooding rains coming in this week. stranded at 8 long years on the su is canal. creating their own community and the

economy there was you know president bush used you could go anywhere 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 right in the middle of a war through the sailors whose ships survived the desert sands the yellow fleet on al-jazeera. marching orders here i remind of our top stories this hour voters in chile are celebrating as it looks like a referendum to change the constitution will pass with an overwhelming majority the government agreed to the referendum following protests the began

a year ago organs widespread inequalities security forces in iraq have fired tear gas of protesters trying to get into baghdad's fortified green zone the demonstrations against corruption on unemployment 1st began a year ago hundreds have been killed since then. france has registered a record of new delhi infections with more than $52000.00 confirmed cases on sunday several other european countries including italy and spain and ireland poisoned stricter measures as infection rates surge. belorussian opposition leaders felt london to kind of sky is calling for a nationwide strike on monday after the president again refused to step down more than 100000 people rallied for the 11th week in a row and sunday demanding alexander lukashenko resign but alexei o'brien reports they faced fierce opposition from security forces. but 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 in tear gas on protesters who've been marching against the president alexander lukashenko. the rally had started peacefully with wide columns a demonstration is fanning out across ments they were heading for the president's home determined to send him a message that it's time to go on. the march was called by opposition leader straight line to take a. skya who'd given look into lee end of sunday to resign or face a nationwide general strike. organizers say more than a 100000 people were out banging drums chanting strike and long live ballo roofs. don't wish to only unfortunately i think that lukashenko will not accept the

ultimatum he lives in his own world he thinks that many people support him and that we're all wrong that we're drug addicts prostitutes and vandals but we're just peaceful he cannot understand it yet we are afraid of what will happen next week we will go on strike. but 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 i look at shank 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 for magic's. all your. united states and all the rest of them have given very clear water and. i think sooner or later he will have to step down and have to be. an advisor to take enough

skier says look the schenker only knows the language of power and fear and that it will lead him nowhere brian al jazeera. tollens parliament will hold a special session on monday to try to find a way around the current political crisis there mass protests demanding prime minister prior of sun also as resignation of him taking place in bangkok activists claim his hold on power is in the jetsam it after last year's disputed elections they've been demonstrating for weeks demanding a reform of the government and the monarchy. for the 1st time in 4 decades an opposition candidate has won presidential elections in the seychelles well run color one and i'm like an prince to gained more than 55 percent of the vote in his 6 at the top job market web reports. it's the 1st change of government in seychelles since the 1970 s.

. to be elected candidate for the presidential election it was the 6th time around color one had done 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 unequal countries in the world hotels and businesses are owned by a wealthy minority mostly of european origin. many others descendants of in slave to africans who were brought here by the colonialists past inequalities persist that so many people are in. some. respects because. i don't like. that. everybody and every 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. al-jazeera. cameron is blaming a massacre at a school and separatist armed groups where necessary the attackers used guns and machetes and victims that happened in the city of corba in an english speaking region at least 8 children were killed and several others were wounded. provinces have become a center of conflict as groups fight for independence they accuse the predominantly french government of marginalizing them bruce quote of being is a refugee who escaped cameroon because of the violence he says there should be limited international intervention to solve the crisis. a best lead think it's no of no government but to question the entire vision would have been just to you

and cause a glitch in the body not just of the situations because if the government it's not government and big let's say if you have some problems we accuse our government of cretins from the us at the day you were in that house is the hardest right and the hunt is this is a this of the just this power to do this world should be able to do it under what we are expecting what or the coming of course of to embody and be put in as i do the president will all expects for this president does believe that the 7 years of power to create the power and giving us 100 to do so you can equal and willing to push the country from the isn't do the 1st thing or the come on us need not. azerbaijan and armenia say they're committed to a peaceful resolution to end the decades old conflict over nagorno-karabakh that is fighting began 4 weeks ago and several times since far as to end the dispute have been unsuccessful one of the major issues is control of water hoda abdel-hamid has

this report from the title river and azerbaijan. it's been nearly 30 years since water was lost 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 dystopias but then fell under control after 8 seasons as a very land in the early 1990 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 reservoir in the 2nd week of conflict . the road leading there is a radio under construction despite its proximity to the front line and continuous shelling. and water has started trickling again to the tartar river which runs about 200 kilometers along the kind of a region and surrounding areas. the 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 but it's going to take time before to farmers he

would have flowing into 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 tid it is a ready reaching it is a sign that as if by jens army at the moment is making some territorial gains cut up that i meet al-jazeera. 7 suspects have been detained after a suspected hijacking of an old tanker in the english channel u.k. special forces boarded the liberian registers and navi andromeda after its crew reported stowaways the vessel had left lagos in nigeria and was on its way to an oil refinery in southampton when it stopped off the isle of wight australia's government has raised serious concerns about reports female passengers were subjected to invasive searches a qatar's international airport it happened after staff found a premature baby alive and abandoned in a time until toilet 13 a stray and woman were among those reportedly examined this trillion government

says an investigation is underway and it's been assured detailed information will be provided soon. tom's presidential win 4 years ago was partly down to white suburban women but with just over a week before the election it's not clear if he has what it takes to win them around this time was lynn jordan reports. it's the 1st rule of running for office ask the people for their vote but begging for support this close to election day that might be a sign of desperation shift bergrin 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 is one and i think largely eve is 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 massage any 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 kobe 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 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 her. why you say these maps and resurrecting the parties 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 opportunity 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 for 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 always 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 that that is. whether that applause translates into votes for the president won't be known until election day rosalyn jordan al-jazeera washington.