in-depth analysis of the day's global headlines who is it that's really out on the street inside story on al-jazeera. change comes a chilly with most of the votes counted in a referendum the people have chosen to rewrite the constitution. hello i'm wrong this is a 0 life and also coming up. marking a year since the start of major antigovernment protests in iraq demonstrators say little has been done. shops closed curfews imposed in a state of emergency in place new measures to stop the spread of covert 19 across

europe. how to call for a nationwide strike came by the roots after the president ignores the opposition said line to step down. we begin in chile where with most of the votes counted a referendum to change the constitution is on course to pass with an overwhelming majority since polls closed several hours ago thousands of people have been gathering at a popular square in the capital to celebrate it was the focal point of last is often violent protests against social and economic inequalities the government's agreed to the referendum following those demonstrations. a current constitution was imposed 4 decades ago under the military dictatorship of pinochet early results suggest people want a body of specially elected citizens to draw off the new charter which will then go

to a nationwide vote. chile's president sebastian pinera has called on the nation to work together if. this referendum is not the end it is the beginning of a path that we must all walk to give the to agree on a new constitution for to this. until now the constitution has divided us from today we must all work together so that the new constitution is the great framework of unity stability in future. for a time the spec is the editor in chief of chile today news and independent news website he explains why the move is so symbolic. it means that a lot of the people who were protesting it for at least one year and. that's how they call it with dignity square a younger generations who never lived in a dictatorship and who are right now living the legacy of that system which basically means

a constitution that doesn't guarantee certain fundamental rights to them and they 'd were fed 'd up they to destry it's and they managed to get a referendum today where a very large majority photos for 'd a new constitution protests have been framed as very violent that exactly one year ago 25th of october 2090 more than 1000000 people marched through each of some thiago asking for change it was a very peaceful protest constantly the government of sebastian pinera strained protests and being very violent and this is also why some protests already 'd starting to say you know what we should not only get a new constitution we didn't even ask 3 year old man to him to resign expectations are very are for a new constitution and if you talk to people on the street you you nearly start to believe that a new paper or a new constitution will solve all their problems and of course that's not the case but it's a beginning it's a very symbolic to and a constitution that was written in a dictatorship with such

a huge popular vote such a huge turnout and that's very important for the to laze but of course the real work starts now now it's up to 2 lanes to vote to elect people who are going to write a new constitution. to work on that economic inequality problems and then i think there was a realize that just writing a new constitution is not enough. a humanitarian ceasefire has just come into effect which we know as a visual on and on media it's the 3rd such stalemate in recent weeks to stop the conflict ivan to go on a kind of a there's this truce was mediated by the united states and it comes despite heavy fighting on sunday nagorno-karabakh is part of azerbaijan but control by ethnic armenians fighting over the past month is the most a vest and so war ended that and 994. protesters in iraq of one year since the then since their movement against her government corruption began several people were injured after security forces fired tear gas and water

cannon at those trying to force their way into baghdad's green zone which houses government buildings many demonstrators say the government has done little to improve their lives so manifold and reports. after months of quiet baghdad spatters square came alive on sunday to commemorate the one year anniversary of iraq's anti-government protesters. 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 festive part somber they rejoice to debate of the same revolutionary songs of last year but also remember those who died for the cause. here. we are 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 right 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 i've been at them to resign at the parties in the system that brought him to power remain in place in order to still really. want to give 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 peaceful demonstrations to watch. the revolution. mary's agreed to make this a peaceful protest without is coalition 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 life injuries a government spokesman said dozens of security forces were also injured when demonstrators threw stones petrol bombs and homemade hand grenades. 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 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 while it was the biggest gathering in months the numbers were not what they used to be

last year what remains to be seen whether the protest movement can once again galvanize support in the days to come see what a fault in al-jazeera. renaud admins who are is a senior research fellow at chatham house he says it will be hard for the government to meet 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 elite leaders i mean have been able to kind of either throw 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 brink and 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

a missed opportunity and they want just take it and so. they're calling for accountability they're calling for things that the head ought to give them because doing that would have to undermine the whole system they call them they're calling this revolution that they want the end to that system so it's on the great and there isn't really in the bush a point there there's no need to be hurting stalemate those that want 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 put in power after 2003 from spilling out you know spreading and sort of the biting out the spoils of that war. france is reporting its highest number of single day corona virus infections there been 52000 in the past 24 hours cases that have been on the rise in recent weeks and now they passed

a 1000000 the surge is affecting many countries in europe the worst hit like italy and spain have put new restrictions in place and hope of avoiding another full lago now the mother 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 our 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 jim swimming pools cinemas and theaters are being ordered to shot 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 then awkward to the costly it gives legal constitutional coverage of a 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 a 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 corona virus 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 on al-jazeera

the u.s. vice president continues to campaign despite a corona virus outbreak among his staff. and trouble on the high seas why british special forces to board an all tanker on route from nigeria to britain. how the weather set fair across the middle east some lovely pleasant sunshine pretty much a wall to wall sunshine at that little bit some places a cloud of possibility just around the caspian sea northern parts of iran could catch a shower would say but otherwise it's 10 refine and pleasantly warm and sunny light winds really will fold lovely temperatures around the 30 degree mark around that eastern side of the mediterranean like that is that for at doha as well over the next couple days on the set with light winds really is going to feel pretty good

over the next day or so the clear skies say a stand there way down towards the gulf of aden and beyond we have got some showers there just pushing into somalia so you could see some west of weather coming in here as we go through the early part of the wake perhaps causing some localized flooding eastern part of ethiopia also seeing some raw the shops see those showers joining up with a wet weather that we have into uganda just around the rift valley pushing across the democratic republic of congo all the way over its walls the gulf of guinea gabon seeing some heavy showers and those showers extending their way down into central parts of angola but south of that particular skies we got a few showers into the eastern side of south africa a few fog between to the north of that it's warm and sunny. dissecting the headlines in the midst of a pandemic let's start with some of the on the ground realities affecting the news

coverage what's the lay of the land there stripping away the spam a gripping story about presidential corruption it is real reporting it's not if you keep challenging assumptions and the official line we all decided to tell our through we don't want to rely on the authority and. the listening post on al-jazeera. they're watching our desire a reminder of our top stories this hour thousands are celebrating in chile where with most of the votes counted a referendum to change the constitution is on course to pass with an overwhelming

majority the government agreed to the referendum following demonstrations. security forces in iraq of fighting against the protesters trying to get into baghdad's fortified green zone the demonstrations against corruption and unemployment 1st began a year ago. and france has registered a record of new daily infections with more than $52000.00 confirmed cases on sunday several other european countries including italy and spain and now imposing stricter measures as infections. in the u.s. vice president mike pence has continued to campaign despite several close aides testing positive for corona virus and would just 9 days to go the attention of both sides is now focused on key battleground states and the gallacher reports. a new wave of coronavirus cases in the white house isn't stopping vice president mike pence hitting the road and says chief of staff and other members of his team tested

positive for coburg 19 but officials say the 61 year old is healthy and because he's considered essential campaigned in the key state of north carolina with joe biden you got 47 years of all talk no action. but you're here tonight because you know what i know under president donald trump. it's been 47 months of all action on results 47 months of promises made and promises kept everything is a thing. and so i'm here to thank you the fact that pence is potentially exposing of us to the virus drew sharp criticism from the democratic vice presidential nominee camilla harris she suspended her campaign when members of her own team tested positive and says pencil heads the coronavirus task force should follow guidelines listen he should be following the guidelines were doing it i think what we have modeled the right and the behave here and they should take our

leave. president trump spent the day in new hampshire and maine which could both be crucial states on election day he continues to tell supporters of the pandemic will soon be over vaccines are on the way under lockdown is the last thing the u.s. economy needs president claims his rival joe biden wants to shut the economy down destroying the lives and dreams of tens of millions desperately hurt our small businesses inflict lasting harm on our children and massively reduce life expectancy for the american people a life expectancy so for the american people you see what happens and i came up with a statement other night that was may now try and find somebody else said it 25 years ago the cure cannot be worse than the problem itself vice president joe biden who's leading in national polls spent the day with his family in delaware ill attend a virtual get out the vote event even as

a record number of people have already cast their ballots while the messaging from both campaigns is not likely to change in these final days what's becoming clear is this may be a fight for battleground states where polls suggest the candidates are in a tight race places like pennsylvania north carolina and here in florida are all at play and both campaigns scrambling for every vote and agalloch are all jazeera miami florida. fed as well an opposition leader leopoldo lopez has fled to spain he took refuge in the spanish embassy in caracas in april 2019 after a failed plot to overthrow president nicolas maduro the former political prisoner has been a mentor to opposition leader one of. lopez reportedly escaped by seat but the recent opposition leaders for as long as he can are 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 on sunday demanding the resignation of alexander lukashenko alexey o'brien reports. this was the police response on the streets of the belorussian capital ments. 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. was the rally had started peacefully with wide columns of dam and stretches fanning out across ments they were heading for the president's home determined to send him a message that it's time to god was the march was called by opposition leader at scotland a taken off skier 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 bellow roads when you have them wished on you 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. 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 remains extremely strong. united states and all the rest of the house. given very clear margins. i think sooner or later he will have to step down and have to be. an advisor to take enough skya says looky shanker only knows the name which is power and fear and that it will return nowhere brian al jazeera. a special parliamentary session is under way in thailand as a country grapples with the weeks of mass antigovernment protests demonstrators have been demanding the prime minister's resignation they say his hold on power is illegitimate after last year's disputed elections activists also want changes to the constitution and reforms to the monarchy. cameron's government has blamed separatists for the killing of schoolchildren in the south west of the country 8 to children died when attackers targeted them with guns and machetes on saturday

barber and ripples. mourners gathered outside the home income day they want to remember one of 8 school children shot and hacked to death in a classroom a place they were meant to be safe this father recalled his daughter's last words as he tried to save her life yet the dad can't even yesterday i carried rainey i told her rainey please don't disappoint me she said father i will not disappoint you i had so much hope for rainey so much hope now she's gone i know she struggled to live if she didn't battle for her life she would have died immediately when she was shot but she battled for her life. now greece has turned into anger hundreds of protesters mesley women are demanding justice this act of violence is bill human right and this is a violation of human rights i were not accepted because we are losing the grip of

our youth we have lost already so many you i will not accept our youth live to be lost again although no group has claimed responsibility for the attack cameron's government is blaming what it calls secessionist terrorists when you point out altering the lookout. they are proud of. what your brother i can you know you can see i think a lot we are drawn. to english speaking regions in mainly french speaking cameroon have been the battleground for a separatist rebellion since 2017 more than 3000 people have been killed and more than 700000 others have been driven from their homes because of the fighting rights groups accuse best separatists and government troops of killing civilians. the government encourage children to return to class after separatists called for a boycott of public schools in english speaking regions the bilingual private

school that was attacked on saturday had remained open now 13 of its peoples are in hospital being treated for injuries. and with the threat of further violence some parents say they may never send them back to the classroom barbara and al-jazeera. ivory coast has deployed about 35000 police ad of this week's presidential election there have been violent protests leading up to the poll the opposition's angry the president. is running for a 3rd amid interest reports. tension. on the streets of 5 records. with only a few days to the october 31 presidential election protesters are ramping up pressure on president alassane ouattara to quit the race. no say no to the violation of the law and ivorian constitution that's why we are here

today protesting. but the president is pressing ahead with his competing raising fears the election violence doesn't stop being killed since our friend was held in printer 16 to amend the constitution which supporters of the president say clears the way for. his critics machine for the current political crisis adding to the tension 40 candidates have been banned from standing in the election . tools have called for a boycott of the vote was every time we call on all our supporters to reveal what i call the elect fuku president ellison ouattara explaining they should also disrupt all electoral processes. that call has created a climate of fear many voters have failed to pick up their voters cards necessary for the electoral process. ivory coast easier to fully recover from the civil war

in which at least 3000 people what killed a government appointed truth and reconciliation commission to heal the wounds of that conflict submitted its report 6 years ago many to find closure to the dark chapter of their country's history. is still angry at the mob that killed his grandfather and the government that failed to provide justice. me. and my grandfather had a small problem people came to accuse us of stockpiling weapons in our house this it revealed nothing but found the united nations contacts and others on his fine that was his crime. it's angry i'm employed young men like him while on the streets protesting experts warn the current tension could escalate to a full blown crisis similar to 2010. just you know. we are in a very tense political situation born of the empress indented pre-election crisis

in ivory coast on one side you have an opposition that has launched civil disobedience on the other a power clearly determined to hold elections on october 31st. experts warn the current tension could escalate to a full blown crisis similar to 2010. turnout among the 7500000 registered voters and a country of 25000000 will be key some observers here abstention rate during saturday's election and questions of the votes legitimacy could follow but the biggest fear is it will trigger post-election violence similar to that of $2.00 to $10.00 comedy trees al-jazeera. 7 suspects have been detained after a suspected hijacking of an oil tanker in the english channel u.k. special forces boarded the liberian registered vessel after its crew reported stowaways it was on its way from lagos in nigeria to an oil refinery in south full

britain has more from south and the backdrop to all of this of course is that this not andromeda. due to arrive this morning in fact here in southampton discovered some 6 miles off the isle of wight as it was approaching southampton that it had stowaways on board and i've heard from lloyd's list the editor of lloyd's list the shipping magazine saying that his information was that these stowaways had become well rowdy and violent when they were tried when the crew tried to confine them to a cabin that said another security expert who spoke into the financial times described it is definitely not a hijacking he said it was essentially stowaways who got in his words a bit rowdy with the crew now the own forces went in they have brought this matter to a swift close we don't know where those detained the stowaways on now and i know that the boat itself the ship itself is still circling in the sea off the isle of wight

so there are more details yet to be found about exactly how this has been resolved but for the moment it all seems to come off peacefully. australia's condemning an incident that cattles international airport in which female 'd passengers were reportedly subjected to invasive searches it happened earlier this month when stall found an abandoned premature baby alive in an airport toilet it's reported that female passengers including 13 australians were internally examined the australian government says it's been assured that detailed information will be provided soon. this is al jazeera and these other top stories thousands are celebrating in chile where with most of the votes counted a referendum to change the constitution is on course to pass.