this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm arron safir. chile decides on a new future — initial results suggests the country has voted to change the constitution. fighting the latest surge — spain and italy introduce new emergency measures to slow the spread of the coronavirus. translation: the freedom of movement of people is prohibited from 11pm until 6am throughout the country. it will only be possible to circulate in this time zone for the justified reasons established in the regulation. a special forces unit detains a group of stowaways who threatened the crew of a tanker off the uk's south coast. police in belarus fire stun grenades at protesters calling for the resignation of president alexander

lukashenko. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. the first results from a referendum in chile suggest that an overhwleming majority of people have voted to re—write the country's constitution. official partial results show more than 70% of voters want change from a constitution that was drawn up 30 years ago under the former dictator augusto pinochet. the referendum was called after major anti—government protests last year. our latin america correspondent, katy watson, explains what happens next. there is a clear path forward, but it will be a long, drawn—out process. so by april, there will be the body drawn up to be able to draw up the constitution,

they will be voting for that in april, and then there will be a referendum with the new draft of the constitution in 2022. so we are talking a long process. in the meantime, there will be presidential elections, and that's one of the criticisms of rewriting the constitution. those who didn't want it to change were concerned that it would bring a lot of instability and uncertainty in a country that has actually flourished economically — the poverty gap has fallen, the poverty rate has fallen, but it's also left a lot of people behind. there are deep inequalities in the country and of course that is what has helped drive these protests and drive the demands for change. president sebastian pinera acknowledged the result and praised chileans for a peaceful and orderly vote. i've been speaking to jane chambers, a journalist based in santiago. she says there has been a high turnout across the country. there has been a huge turnout today, and when i was out,

there were cars everywhere, streams of people outside the voting stations, and i think people are very hopeful about what this new change will mean — it was one of the key reforms during the process, something people have been pushing for, and it is very much seen as a symbol of hope that things would change in what is seen as a deeply unfair country. let's talk a bit about the idea of unfairness and inequality, because i suppose for many people, a constitution might seem like it is important but maybe a bit dry — how often elections are held on how a law is passed, but the current constitution in chile extends quite far into daily lives and the kind of services that people get from government, doesn't it? yes, it does, but also there is the symbolism there. this is a constitution that was made during general pinochet‘s military dictatorship in 1980 and has been tweaked a bit since then. but it seemed very much to protect the wealthy elite, which goes back to this idea of inequality, their businesses, their concerns, things like private water rights.

so they feel if they can change this constitution, they can bring more equality to the country and their daily lives will hopefully get easier. that's the argument in favour and we can see people out celebrating this result. just talk us through the argument against, that was being made by some people and that some people will have voted in that direction. why were some people reluctant to make this change? yes, there are also people i spoke to who are definitely voting to reject it. they think there is way too much violence, they feel that it will destabilise the country, they feel it will take too long, they would argue that politicians are able to change the laws anyway and bring fairer education, fairer pension systems, fairer health care. so they would say that people are just going to get dragged down by a bureaucratic process and actually, if we just got on with changing things, it can be done a lot quicker.

i think they are also worried that there might be more protests and that people will be expecting all these huge changes and amazing things to happen that won't happen as quickly as they want and probably all the things that they think are going to happen won't actually be delivered to them with this new constitution. so that is why they were voting not to have a new constitution. you mentioned the roles of elites and politicians, let's quickly talk about president sebastian pinera, who was very much the object of ire during those protests last year and early this year. he stayed neutral on the issue of changing the referendum, what do you think his future is going to be in this process now? i think he wants to see it through. he's just made a televised speech to the whole of chile where he is saying that democracy has triumphed, that peace has triumphed over violence, that people should be able to celebrate, but go home peacefully and not

have the kind of violent protests we saw a week ago on the anniversary of the unrest. i think he wants to deliver this new constitution in a safe and non—violent way, and that he is hoping he will be able to do that and maybe restore some of his credibility, because there has been a lot of criticism towards him. president sebastian pinera acknowledged the result and praised chileans for a peaceful and orderly vote. translation: this website is not the end. it is the beginning of a path that we must all walk to get out, to agree on a new constitution for chile. 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 and future. to other news — spain and italy are introducing tough new restrictions to try and bring a new spike

in covid—i9 infections under control. in a moment we'll hear from our correspondent in rome. but first, this report from guy hedgecoe in spain, where the prime minister's approved tighter measures that will be in place for a month. seven months after spain's government introduced a state of emergency to tackle coronavirus, it is doing so again. in the spring, the measure was used as a legal framework to implement a strict national lockdown. this time, the measures will not be quite as tight, although a national curfew is being introduced. translation: the freedom of movement of people is prohibited from 11pm to 6am throughout the country. it will only be possible to circulate in this time zone for the justified reasons established in the regulation. for example, to acquire medicines, to carry out one's work or professional obligations, to return home or to take care of adults or minors.

also, local authorities will be able to restrict movement between regions and take other measures they deem necessary. spain has become the first european country to surpass one million cases of covid—i9. there is concern that in some areas, such as the northern regions of navarre and la rioja, high infection rates are putting renewed pressure on health care services. guy hedgecoe, bbc news, madrid. waiting, not on tables but on news of their future. worried staff at a prime roman restaurant in a crisis meeting over new measures. inside, they prepare the last suppers. from tomorrow, they will close from 6pm, only takeaway after that. the family business was just starting to recover from the first wave. we are really, really worried about it, for sure. you know, it's a very difficult situation, and september was the first month for us that started

to go in the right way. so, now we have to stop again. all our life is here. we are four families, with sons, children, with babies and we love thisjob. the prime minister announced a looser lockdown than last time. a maximum of four people at tables, gyms, pools, cinemas and theatres closed, italians advised to move around only if necessary. he knows patience is wearing thin. protests by fringe groups against restrictions turned ugly this weekend. its economy already forecast to shrink by 10% this year, italy can't afford a second shutdown. but with soaring cases, the government says italy needs another push to get the virus under control. its management of the pandemic has been widely supported here, but with venues closing again, the mood may change and there will be no gyms to let off steam.

of course, that will undermine our... just overall sanity, i think, both physically and mentally, and i think amongst the many decisions which could have been taken, i think this one in particular was perhaps, yeah, a bit rash or not really necessary. it could have been dealt with differently. it's too serious not to act. over 1200 are now in intensive care, up almost 1000 since last month. the first country in the west crushed by the pandemic is seeing a grim history repeating itself, and hopes it's not too late to turn the tide. mark lowen, bbc news, rome. seven stowaways are in custody after british royal navy commandos stormed an oil tanker in the english channel. military assistance was requested after reports that the stowaways on board the liberian—registered nave andromeda had

become violent. the bbc‘s duncan kennedy explains what happened. it really has been an extraordinary few hours ending with this special forces raid on a tanker in the solent behind me here. that raid involved four helicopters with teams of what's called special boat service, sbs, special forces. they're based about 50 miles, about 70 km down the coast here. and they landed on the deck of this vessel in their four helicopters and used what was described as "overwhelming force" to retake the ship. they detained seven individuals, and we're told the whole operation only took around nine minutes, so a very quick operation. an extremely highly proficient professional service, the sbs. very well—known in many parts of the world. they're based about 50 miles, about 70 km we're also told that no members of the crew were hurt during this operation. it was authorised by the home secretary and the defence secretary earlier on this evening

at the request of the local police force, hampshire police, and presumably in the intervening hours, that operation was planned and eventually executed this evening. it's not clear what happened with those seven individuals, whether they've since been taken off the tanker and brought ashore or if they're still on board. it all began at 9pm local time here when the crew reported there was some kind of confrontation with stowaways who were on board. they knew the stowawaysbwere there, but for some reason the stowaways, in the words of the crew, became violent towards the crew, which led the crew to take refuge in a special lock—up room on board the ship. they use it to protect themselves against pirates on the high sea. they were then able to alert the authorities. a couple of coastguard helicopters were sent out to assess the situation, and at some point the police decided they weren't happy with what was going on, contacted the authorities, the government and the special operation was authorised. now, tonight, both the home secretary and the defence secretary have issued statements thanking the armed forces for their operation

and making sure that nobody was hurt in this situation. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. the united states says armenia and azerbaijan have agreed a third attempt at a ceasefire in the conflict over the disputed territory of nagorno—karabakh. in a joint statement released with the two governments, the us state department said the truce will come into effect on monday. fighting has taken place over the territory for almost a month. the eu's chief negotiator michel barnier has extended his visit to london until wednesday as brexit trade negotiations continue. more talks are expected in brussels after that. meetings resumed last week after the uk walked away — saying that the eu was unwilling to compromise on key issues. however, on friday, the uk said good progress has been made. demonstrations have been staged across poland against strict new rules governing abortions.

a catholic mass was interrupted in the city of poznan, when a group of women held banners protesting the new rules in the cathedral. the ban is on almost all abortions — with exceptions for cases of rape, incest, or where the mother's health is at risk. stay with us on bbc news — still to come... lewis hamilton wins his 92nd formula one race — is he now the greatest driver of all time? indira gandhi, ruler of the world's largest democracy, died today. only yesterday, she spoke of dying in the service of her country and said, "i will be proud of it. every drop of my blood will contribute to the growth of this nation." after 46 years of unhappiness, these two countries have concluded a chapter of history. no more suspicion. no more fear.

no more uncertainty of what each day might bring. booster ignition and lift off of discovery with a crew of six astronaut heroes and one american legend. this is beautiful. a milestone in human history. born today, this girl in india is the seven billionth person on the planet. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: chile decides on a new future — initial results suggests the country has voted to change the constitution. fighting the latest surge — spain and italy introduce new emergency measures to slow the spread of the coronavirus.

funerals have been held for the victims of saturday's suicide bombing in the afghan capital, kabul. the number of dead has risen to 2a — most of the victims were students at a private education centre. the islamic state group has said it carried out the attack in a mainly shia muslim neighbourhood. the un has described the bombing as a callous and senseless war crime. our correspondent secunder kermani has the story — his report contains some flashing images. the narrow street outside the tuition centre was packed when the suicide bomber struck. fear, panic and shock amongst the students. like 18—year—old farid, many were preparing for their university entrance exam next year. translation: i was walking towards the centre when i heard a huge bang. i fell unconscious. when i woke up, i saw my classmates and friends wounded and lying down on the ground. everyone was crying. at the scene today, abandoned

textbooks and shattered glass. the suicide bomber was coming down this alley, trying to get inside that gate to the tuition centre when he was challenged by some of the guards and he blew himself up. you can still see some of the marks left by the shrapnel in the wall and the impact the explosion had. most of the residents of this area belong to afghanistan's shia minority. they've been repeatedly targeted by the islamic state group. still, there's defiance. translation: i don't feel safe, but i won't surrender. if the taliban or daesh fight with weapons, i will fight with my notebook, my pen and my education. i have faith that i will win. there's been a surge in fighting in the country over the past few weeks, largely between the afghan government and the taliban. peace talks have started, but seem to have stalled. is is much less powerful than the taliban and is not part of those negotiations,

but they can still carry out deadly attacks. today, the young victims of this latest atrocity were laid to rest. written on one of the placards, a simple question — "what was my crime?" secunder kermani, bbc news, kabul. riot police in belarus have fired stun grenades at demonstrators in the capital, minsk, hours before the expiry of a deadline set by the opposition calling on the country's long—term leader, alexander lukashenko, to resign — orface a general strike. from moscow, here's steve rosenberg. this was the moment the centre of minsk descended into chaos and violence. banging what you can hear are stun grenades fired by the riot police. what you can see is blind panic.

anti—government protesters run for cover. they'd come out to deliver an ultimatum — either alexander lu kashenko agrees to resign, or from monday, there'll be a nationwide strike. from the authorities, the response, as you can see, was no. police sparked terror as they hunted down protesters in apartments. earlier, tens of thousands had taken to the streets to accuse mr lukashenko of stealing the presidency. the strength of feeling against him seems as strong as ever. but will the belarussian people heed the call for a national strike? svetla na ti kha novs kaya, the opposition leader who's been forced into exile, hopes they will.

i think that the will of the belarussian people can't be changed. and even if we do not succeed or if we do not get the effect we are waiting for, people will be looking for another kind of struggle, another kind of protest, but we will not stop. last week, mr lukashenko accused protesters are behaving arrogantly and warned they would face the consequences. so the use of force is no surprise. but it was a violent crackdown on peaceful protesters that helped spark the mass protests back in august. it is unlikely to end them now. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. alena kudzko is the director of the glob—sec policy institute — a think tank based in bratislava, slovakia. she told us that it would be difficult to predict how

the strike could go. a lot of people are going to strike. are going to take off to express solidarity with the strikers. but we should also understand the difficult situation in which the people of belarus are. striking has been a very difficult and risky enterprise in the country. the government has taken every possible measure to intimidate people and prevent strikes from happening. a lot of leaders of the striking committees were arrested, and some of them had to flee the country. people who intended to strike were fired. workers are facing a very difficult choice. as jobs are very scarce, especially outside minsk, and the government controls most of thejobs. even private companies are facing persecution for being closed down on the strike days. hence, it's very difficult to predict what's going to happen tomorrow. but this by no means implies that the protests are going to decrease in number or scale.

we have a very interesting situation in the country. we have the opposition that is very resilient and has not lost its resolve and we have the government that is not budging. so we have a stalemate and each side is trying to break it. the opposition, for its part, is trying to come up with more and more creative strategies that are keeping the government off guard and forcing the government to make more and more mistakes. this deadline that is set for today is one of the strategies, to put more pressure on the government. thousands of people have continued to take part in pro—democracy demonstrations in thailand. demonstrators gathered at a major intersection in the capital bangkok after a deadline for the prime minister to resign passed on saturday night. the protestors also want reforms to the powerful thai monarchy. mark cogan is an associate professor of peace and conflict studies in osaka injapan.

he says authorities will be concerned by the age of so many of the protesters. i think that what strikes me the most about the protesters is that they came of age just recently. they came of age during biochar notre, the promise to's more than about six years in office, and this isa six years in office, and this is a relatively young movement. a student led movement. these protesters to a certain extent do not really have any kind of political loyalties. they don't have the loyalties to the former prime minister thaksin shinawatra, who led a protest of redshirt shinawatra, who led a protest of redshi rt protesters shinawatra, who led a protest of redshirt protesters in 2010. so this is a very young movement, a very student led movement, a very student led movement like a lot of protest movements in the 1970s were. the british driver lewis hamilton has broken the record for the most formula one race wins — after his 92nd victory came at the portuguese grand prix. the success took him

beyond the mark set by the german michael schumacher. the bbc‘s tim allman reports. for lewis hamilton, this must be such a familiar feeling. 92 times now he has experienced the thrill of the chequered flag and top spot on the winners' podium. in terms of race victories, he is the greatest formula one driver of all time. ina greatest formula one driver of all time. in a tweet, he said todayis all time. in a tweet, he said today is beyond my wildest dreams. this is lewis hamilton, how long have you been racing cars? it was clear he was something special even from early age. here he is on children's tv as a seven—year—old boy. cool,

calm and collected. so when he got behind the wheel of a full—size car, success seemed inevitable. he won his first title in 2008, the youngest driver to become world champion. but he has more than just a sporting superstar. he is an iconic figure, a successful role model and a campaigner for the black community. as a sport, formula one has been blessed with some extraordinary drivers down the yea rs. extraordinary drivers down the years. famous names, legendary winners. but with so much yet to be won, lewis hamilton may already be the greatest of them all. before we go — a reminder of our top story — president sebastian pinera of chile has acknowledged the result of a referendum which shows an overwhelming majority of people have voted to re—write the country's constitution. official partial results show more than 70% of voters want change from a constitution that was drawn up 30 years ago under the former

dictator augusto pinochet. thanks for watching. hello there. i'm sure you don't need me to tell you it was a very wet weekend. persistent rain on saturday gave way to hefty showers on sunday. you can see those speckled shower clouds on our earlier satellite picture spinning around an area of low pressure. now, behind me, we have ex—hurricane epsilon, and that is going to continue to drift its way northwards. not a hurricane any more, but still an extremely deep area of low pressure. and this is going to drive further outbreaks of rain in ourdirection. some very brisk winds at times, although be thankful that the centre of the storm is staying well out to sea because gusts of wind in the centre of that storm will get quite close to 100 mph or even more. nothing that windy here, but it will be fairly blustery this week, with rain at times. turning a bit milder later in the week after

a rather cool start. so, through monday, it's another day of sunshine and showers. those showers initially most plentiful in the west, but i think they'll tend to migrate eastwards through the day. some of them heavy with a chance of hail and thunder. something drier developing, though, through northern ireland, wales, the south west. not as many showers here by the end of the day. it stays fairly windy the further south you are, but further north, those winds ease, particularly across scotland. a fairly cool feel to the weather, though. ten degrees for lerwick, for stornoway. 1a the top temperature in plymouth. now, as we move out of monday and into tuesday, our area of low pressure from the weekend, that finally spins away. the showers fade. a little temporary ridge of high pressure builds its way in, so that's going to calm things down for a time through the early hours of tuesday. could be the odd fog patch. it will be quite a chilly start to tuesday, but that calmer interlude doesn't last long. you can see this rain already splashing into the west through the first part of the day, and this band of heavy rain will then push its way eastwards.

again we'll have some blustery winds, and those winds travelling a long way across the atlantic are going to whip up some very rough seas. there could be some big waves crashing into western coastal areas. northern scotland likely to hold onto some brightness through the day, 10—15 degrees. and then as we head into wednesday, this deep area of low pressure continues to spin to the north—west. it'll feed further showers or longer spells of rain across the british isles. it stays unsettled towards the end of the week, but temperatures climb. 18—19 in the south on friday.

this is bbc news, the headlines. supporters of rewriting chile's constitution have won a resounding victory in sunday's referendum. with almost all ballots counted 78 percent of people voted in favour of a new charter. the country's president — sebastian pinera — acknowledged the result and praised chileans for a peaceful and orderly vote. coronavirus measures are hardening across europe — as countries struggle with rising infections. spain's prime minister has announced a national emergency and imposed a night—time curfew. all bars and restaurants in italy will close from six pm on monday. and france has seen a record number of cases. the belarusian president — alexander lukashenko — has defied an ultimatum set by the opposition which called on him to step down orface a general strike. on sunday — riot police fired stun grenades at demonstrators in the capital. now on bbc news it's time for a look back