mr. castillo. minister until recently once defended hitler and mussolini, which you would not expect from the left. there was a lack of political identity. in relation to the political side, parliament has been trying to oust mr. castille's government and get rid of him. they wanted to accuse him of treason which was ridiculous. they never had enough votes to impeach him. when castillo decided to close congress, many people in congress didn't have any choice but to vote in favor of impeachment. he gave ammunition to the position to get rid of him. he didn't inform any of the members of his cabinet about his prime minister. they were caught by surprise, his loyal's workup by surprise. he could have won the vote against impeachment. that's the irony. this decision, he gave ammunition to those who want to get rid of him. >> ok, i -- i'm going to stop you there because i want to take a moment to look at what lies ahead. the main trend from recent elections it seems in latin america has been anti-incumb

mr. castillo, done. actually mr. castillo and fuck, and you are tourist, if prime minister until recently of mr. castillo. ah, come in. it once defended hitler and mussolini, which is not exactly something you would expect from somebody who comes from the lift. so they became like a lack of total, a political identity in relation to the political side of it. it is absolutely true out our colleagues said that parliament has been trying to put all struggles or to, to a mr. cost to you, to government. and they tried to get rid of him. in fact, they want you to accuse him of trees on which was ridiculous accusation. however, when used to castillo, you and your position never had enough vote to impeach him. when mister castillo decided to close congress, he gave ammunition to the opposition to get in or vote because many people in congress who would have been reluctant to him to impeach the president, didn't have a choice, but to ward in favor of the impeachment. so he gave the ammunition to the position to get rid of him,

mr castillo was impeached last wednesday for alleged corruption and detained after attempting to dissolve troops take over the streets in peru's second largest city, as a 30—day state of emergency comes into force. peru's defence minister claims he had no choice after scenes like this. protesters have blocked airport runways, roads and other critical infrastructure in the past few days as anger boils over at the country's turbulent politics. at least seven protesters have died in clashes with police. the unrest erupted after former president pedro castillo was ousted from office last week. he tried to dissolve congress and was swiftly impeached. his successor, dina boluarte, has tried to calm tensions by offering to bring elections forward. translation: we must remain calm. _ peru cannot be overflowing with blood. we've already lived through this experience in the 1980s and �*90s and i believe that we don't want to return to this painful history. but words aren't enough for castillo's supporters, who want him released, and fresh re—elections straight away. translation: dina boluarte is no

mr. castillo injailfor 18 months.ital kyiv. ukranian officials say their air defences shot down 13 drones, but fragments hit residential buildings, and a government office. russia has repeatedly targeted ukraine's power network since october, using missiles and drones. presidentjoe biden led today's tributes to mark the 10th anniversary of one of the worst school shootings in america's history. mr biden said the nation should have �*societal guilt�* for failing to take more action to address gun violence since the killings at sandy hook elementary school in connecticut. 26 people were killed — twenty of them were young children. three men have appeared in a belgian court accused of being involved in an alleged corruption scandal .. which has rocked the european parliament. prosecutors say they've found more than one and a half million euros in cash stashed in various properties, which had been given as bribes — allegedly by qatar. they deny any wrongdoing. a member of the parliament has also been charged, but has had

mr. castillo, congress has been extremely popular. how many people in the countryside, not much we spoke us to you about gree joke. okay, a come. we'll see that doesn't represent the rest of them. i hear your people in pearl and jotted as you've been saying. there are now widespread calls for this new election to be brought forward. is a new vote likely to be called and how much is all of his political instability affecting democratic institutions in peru like congress or to the point that you've been making? congress is debating as we speak these proposal by the president air or one wanted to bring forward election at the beginning of her monday. she had rejected the idea of having a relation, but when she saw the protest, she decided to propose april 2024. now she's proposing this and the 2023. i'm a referendum was people if they're wanting you to shop to call mr. castillo, a platform by political manifesto wanted a new constitution to replace the 993 question question. so i and the issue is that people are very unhappy of congress.

mr castillo was impeached and detained for alleged corruption following his attempt to dissolve peru's

mr castillo was impeached and detained for alleged corruption following his attempt to dissolve peru's washington, the us presidentjoe biden has announced billions of dollars in new funding for african nations.

mr. castillo. gov. m. but the same time there congress put obstacles to every single a point that he made for his cabinet. the congress impeach minister after minister after minister he had to came in to santas on a weekly basis. it was an absolutely absurd situation with congress. would not let mister gusty your rule, the country. i mean, i have lost count or how many ministers he lost because congress impeached them, or congress put pressure on him and to change minister is very difficult to rule accountable. you can't have a stable executive where the stable a cabinet are the same time he showed a great deal of incompetence may be because of the lack of lack of experience. whatever the reason he's, the fact of the matter is that he was preaching competent. many of their promises that he wanted to fulfill what not fulfilled, especially for the countries people in the county sat in the provinces and that contributed to the situation case up there. of the accusations of corruption, people in the here in a

mr. castillo was even a candidate. these are all grievances at people in the countryside, in this particular case. now your culture, i've had many, if we mustn't forget that are your culture, what the center of the activities of the shining past. that cold like maoist rebel movement in that which in the one thing 8 is a started a war against waste, a war against the peruvian state with dire consequences for the peruvian society. and they said hello, he all, he stores neglect, and i would say that the unger is right now concentrated on congress, president bowler, it just, not long before we went on air to do this. program gave a speech where she accused congress of not fulfilling that commandment by not approving early elections. there initial proposal for april 2024. moved back to december 2023. and they rejected these for different reasons. some people from the left or some people from the right rejected on board and against these and does want to exhaust obey dissipation in peru. in the case of, for example, your que

it comes hours after mr castillo tried to dissolve congress and was subsequently impeached. has been sworn in as the country's new head of state. our south america correspondent katy watson reports. this is a country used to political turbulence but the day's events in peru have just turbocharged the chaos. it started out like this. translation: the temporary dissolution of congress - and exceptional emergency government, new elections will be called as soon as possible for a new congress to draw up a new constitution with a maximum period of nine months. the president made the announcement shortly before congress was due to debate its third impeachment motion against him, since he came to power last year. the former teacher—turned—leftist leader, mr castillo had promised to distribute wealth in the unequal country but has since been accused of involvement in corruption scandals. was this move a pre—emptive strike to avoid impeachment? his critics are in no doubt, calling it out as an attempted coup. but a coup that ultimately backfired, because shortly afterwards, congress

mr. castillo announced, i, the closing of parliament down forces under police forces announced that they would not support dismal now, was actually b, n of any attempt has castillo, had to get away with this particular issue. of course, congress got together and they managed to get in the halts to impeach him on only 16 people ah seeks that voted against and 10 abstain, did not support his motion. be full before dease on tuesday, a day opposition in congress, he not happy nor holds to impeach. he, there had been a hood to be made impeachment, but not the impeachment. there was short by 7 balls by that time, but after mister castillo had announced these decision to close on parliament that had changed completely. and the vast majority of congress voted against him. so he was totally isolated and complete on his own. have it. we have a new president in peru, but as we said, this, this fractious relationship between congress and the office of president. this stretches back over what i would he president, did we say 5 in the last 6 years? what's what he say yet, something like this isn't gonn

mr. castillo so unpopular with lawmakers? : pedro castillo came to power in july 2021 and he is a former teacher and leftist leader who wted to address the inequality in a very unequal country. one of the most unequal regions in the world. so he came with those attentions -- intentions and was up against some extremes and peruvians had tohoose. they opted for pedro castillo but since then he h been accused of being involved in corruption rings. he had two previous impeachment motions against him that he survived. but people are talking about what happened today is a self coup, the fact that he preempted the impeachment vote, thinking it might change things. it just shows how out of touch he was and h he was not up to the job. he did this in an appalling manner and it led to congress impeaching him and seeing him removed from power. laura: katy watson, thank you. as we move from this to germany, where a plot to overthrow the german government has led to the rest of 25 people, many with military training. they belong to a far-ri

i thought a lot a co attempt and made an initiative lead by mr. pietro castillo. it was not echoed by any democratic institutions or the people following on from the constitutional order. this congress has made a decision, and it's my duty to act accordingly. what it was congress's 3rd impeachment, attempt to oust castillo. he tried to save himself with a bold move. thomas, though this is young, will temporarily digital congress and establish an exceptional emergency governmentally. and while calling for elections for a new congress, him up and drafting a new constitutional ah, he then went even further ordering the military to patrol the streets with a night m curfew. but us lawmakers began voting for the impeachment castillo left. the presidential palace with his family, police say he was going to request political asylum in mexico. but instead he was arrested. his supporters clashed with police outside the station where she was held throughout his presidency. theo had constant confrontations with the political opposition. he was even expelled from his own party

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about 20 protestors demanding mr castillo�*s reinstatement, and the resignation of new president dinad in clashes with the security forces. russian forces have launched a huge wave of missile attacks on ukraine, damaging electricity and water supplies across the country. at least three people are reported to have been killed. the capital, kyiv, was hit, as was president zelensky�*s home town of kryvyi. in his nightly address, he warned that russia was capable of furter massive strikes. the mayor of kharkiv described the destruction there as "colossal" and said that thousands of people were without heating, in freezing temperatures. our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford sent this report. earlier mitchel wallerstein — a senior foreign policy fellow at the chicago council on global affairs gave us his analysis of the situation. this is part of the attempt to terrorise the ukrainian people since the russian forces have not succeeded in their main aim which of course originally was to take kyiv. the strategy seems to keep firing missiles into the cities and to put pressure on th

mr. garcia by merely to close congress, which the president will not do because the what caused castillo his boss in the 1st place. i elijah, at the beginning of her mandate after mr. garcia was deposed on our impeached. she said that earlier lectures were not high priority. she's changed her mind twice since then. then she said, okay, let's make a proposal to refer to our who was to call for earlier luncheon for april 2020 full . now he has moved forward. so december 2023. that me that she realizes that congress will have who approve this early alicia to kansas. georgia have bid in relation to what's happening in the street now. and congress has been reluctant so far rock separate election because many of them, the actual members of congress will not be able to. so again, because there's a lot in the computer. so it's very difficult now to know what's going on. but congress is debating at this moment. i think that proposal to corporal election for december 2020, that 3 jobs. as you say, many protesters had been demanding the release of castillo, at what level of grassroots support does.

mr. castillo is actually the victim of a political power grump. the response of the current government in peru has been very violent. we have seen that the police are shooting large balls of metal at protesters and they say to is that these are non lethal munitions, but they've killed protesters. so clearly they're not really not only munitions. why are people protesting? that's the question that should be asked, because there was a coup d'etat that over through the democratically elected president of brew pedro castillo. and there's been this media narrative that has been backed by the u. s. embassy. that falsely accuse is the elected president castillo, of supposedly trying to carry out a crew when in reality, he's the victim of a qu. that's why the people in peru are in the streets, protesting, and the protests are growing in momentum despite the violence. peru is still using a constitution that was written by a far right dictator, alberta, fuji marty, who was backed by the united states. he himself was guilty of everything that the media is fa

the former teacher—turned—leftist leader, mr castillo had promised to distribute wealth in the unequalas since been accused of involvement in corruption scandals. was this move a pre—emptive strike to avoid impeachment? his critics are in no doubt, calling it out as an attempted coup. but a coup that ultimately backfired, because shortly afterwards, congress voted to get rid of the president. 101 votes to six, with ten abstentions. translation: members of congress, the waver i of the process of approval is requested to execute what was agreed in this session. if there is no opposition from any member, it will be considered approved. it has been approved. it's a messy,end to what's been a very messy presidency. but even before pedro castillo, peru's politics was in crisis. in 2020 it had three presidents in the space of five days. 0n the streets of lima, the people were split. translation: a call to all the general commanders l of the armed forces who have to respond to requests of the sovereign. the boots belong to the people, democracy belongs to the people. what the president has don

mr castillo was removed from office by congress on wednesday. let us go to the middle east.execution of a protestor who's taken part in recent anti—government demonstrations in the country. at least 11 have so far been sentenced to death, prompting widespread international condemnation. many more people have been killed in the unrest, which has gripped the country since september. tom brada reports. this is mohsen shekari. on thursday morning, he was hanged, guilty, according to a revolutionary court, of enmity against god. he was accused of blocking a street in tehran and injuring a member of a paramilitary force with a machete. human rights groups have condemned the process, which decided he should be killed as a sham. the trial process lasted around seven weeks without lawyers present. what is really worrisome is that the even shorter time that it has taken the judiciary to issue an execute — a sentence of this nature. more than 18,000 people have been detained since the unrest began, sparked by the death of the 22—year—old mahsa amini in police custody. the execution of

mr castillo was impeached and detained for alleged corruption following his attempt to dissolve peru'sgress. prosecuters are trying to jail him for 18 months. speaking at the summit of heads of state in washington, the us presidentjoe biden has announced billions of dollars in new funding for african nations. the move is seen as an attempt by america to reassert its influence, as china, russia and turkey deepen their involvement. now on bbc news, it's time for click. the bbc has just revealed its 2022 list of 100 inspiring and influential women from around the world. so this week, we're celebrating the achievements of female tech innovators. shiona meets an absolute legend of the sporting world to find out how tech is transforming her game. hello. i go to the world's biggest start—up campus in paris, where female innovators are cooking up some amazing ideas. it tastes a lot like egg. there is a bit of an aftertaste, a slightly bitter aftertaste. mmm, bit of seasoning maybe, or mouthwash? anyway, i've been to meet a female tech boss who is helping to shape the future of surgery. the con

the former teacher turned a leftist leader, mr castillo had promised to distribute wealth and the unequalut has since been accused of involvement in corruption scandals. was this move a pre—emptive strike to avoid impeachment his critics are in no doubt calling it out as an attempted coup. but a coup that ultimately backfired for because shortly afterwards congress voted to get rid of the president. ioi congress voted to get rid of the president. 101 votes to six with ten abstentions. translation: ~ , , ., translation: members of congress. _ translation: members of congress, the _ translation: members of congress, the weight - translation: members of congress, the weight of- translation: members of congress, the weight of the process of approval is requested to execute what was agreed in this session. if there is no opposition from any member, it will be considered approved. it member, it will be considered approved-— member, it will be considered a- roved. , ., ,, ., approved. it has been approved. it's a messy _ approved. it has been approved. it's a messy and _ approved. it has been ap

appearing in court for the first time since his impeachment last week, mr castillo said he'd been unjustlyve turned violent, resulting in the deaths of seven people. denisse rodriguez—0livari is a lecturer in politics at the pontifical catholic university of peru. she says the violence is alarming, even in a country that is no stranger to political turmoil. we have seen the repression, with the successive use of force by police officers, throughout the decades and this is just the result of poor management of conflict resolution. it's quite gruesome because we have seen a lot of people losing their lives and also we have seen some looting, we have seen some people harming journalists, and even trying to loot some mainstream media buildings. this is a controlled platform. it goes from the release of castillo, to ousting all the parliamentarians, also the removal of dina boluarte, the removal of the current prime minister. i mean, their demands are quite various, including also economic grievances. i think it is highly unlikely he will be released from detention. currently he's under a seven

mr castillo was removed from office by congress on wednesday. has revealed she has a rare, incurable neurological disease, which has forced her to postpone concerts in the uk and europe. she says she's been diagnosed with stiff—person syndrome, which causes severe muscle spasms. in the middle east, iran has carried out its first execution of a protester who's taken part in recent anti—government demonstrations in the country. at least 11 have so far been sentenced to death, prompting widespread international condemnation. many more people have been killed in the unrest, which has gripped the country since september. tom brada reports. this is mosan. on thursday morning, he was hanged, guilty, according to a revolutionary court, of emnity against god. he was accused of blocking a street in tehran and injuring a member of a paramilitary force with a machete. human rights courts have condemned the process that decided he should be killed as a sham. the trial process lasted around seven weeks without lawyers present. what is really worrisome is that

about 20 protestors demanding mr castillo�*s reinstatement and the resignation of new president dinad in clashes with the security forces. the south african president has been heckled during an address to his own anc party conference. cyril ramaphosa, who's hoping to be re—elected as party leader, struggled to make himself heard over chants of "step aside". i want to appeal to everyone who wants to ever dissatisfaction, to do so in an orderly manner in the way that we do things here in the african nation of congress. we beenin african nation of congress. we been in existence for 110 years and this is not the time to display this type of orderly behaviour. the chanting began when the president's predecessor, jacob zuma, entered the venue to loud cheers. mr ramaphosa avoided impeachment proceedings earlier this week over a scandal involving millions of dollars that were found hidden in a sofa at his farm. our reporter injohannesburg nomsa maseko has more details. well, there was a lot of heckling and chanting of anti ramaphosa songs as president ramaphosa started delivering his politic

form a government of national unity and she said she would govern untiljuly 2026, which is when mr castillo'sas the political disturbance in peru settled or will there be more unrest? here's localjournalist simeon tegel who has been following the story on the ground. what a dramatic day. but things have calmed down quite a bit and the constitutional order has been re—established after pedro castillo attempted to break it. with this completely unconstitutional attempt to dissolve congress, which he had no constitutional authority but also no political support. he is now in custody and has been arrested. i think he is going to be facing a very long list of charges. even before today, he was facing the possibility of being impeached for corruption. he is alleged to have taken bribes and schooljobs in the public bureaucracy. and we now have a constitutional president once again, dina boluarte, the vice president, who has been sworn in by congress. as you say, this was the third impeachment since he came to office injuly 2020. but it is fair to say that it is been going through a rocky political p

appearing in court for the first time since his impeachment last week, mr castillo said he'd been unjustlyup fighting for his ideals and called on the security forces to stop killing his supporters, who've held protests across the country to demand his release. they've turned violent, resulting in the deaths of seven people. for more on this let's cross to lima now and speak to denisse rodriguez—0livari, she's a lecturer in politics at the pontifical catholic university of peru. what is the latest on the ground?— what is the latest on the round? ~ , i. .,, what is the latest on the round? a ., ground? as you reported, as of toda , ground? as you reported, as of today. there — ground? as you reported, as of today, there are _ ground? as you reported, as of today, there are seven - ground? as you reported, as of today, there are seven people. today, there are seven people killed in protests are many injured, including many police officers. we injured, including many police officers. ~ ., injured, including many police officers. ~ . ., , officers. we are hearing 'ust in the last i officers. w

mr castillo was removed from office by congress on wednesday.she caused the death of a teenager here in the uk has been handed an eight month suspended sentence. harry dunn died when anne sacoolas drove on the wrong side of the road near a british military base in 2019. she later left the country, claiming diplomatic immunity. and the canadian singer celine dion has revealed she has a rare, incurable, neurological disease, which has forced her to postpone concerts in the uk and europe. she says she's been diagnosed with "stiff person syndrome" which causes severe muscle spasms. the republic of seychelles, a country of over a hundred islands in the indian ocean, about 1,000 miles off the coast of east africa, says it's leading the way in protecting and using coastal wetlands to capture carbon, which experts say could be a powerful way of tackling global warming. the bbc�*s komla dumor award, named in memory of the bbc world news presenter who died in 2014, has been won this year by dingindaba jonah buyoya, who reports on the global potential of t

mrs. castillo, please, and let this happen. and another 5 years, another 10 years, another 15 years, they want a definitive outcome. and it's all about pants, pain, european security. now personally, i would say, and i'm putting either one of you on the spot, but the 1st step in creating pen. european security is, is taking, is dismantling nato. well, it should have been dismantled because it wasn't. there is no more warsaw pact and, but nato saw an opportunity. and this was all driven by the neocons in the united states to isolate, to, to contain russia. now russia to putting himself so the that you're approaching a red line. he made that very clear in the december discussions and an exchange of documentation that the stolen burgundy us didn't believe me. it just take him at this word and they, and they kept pressing. we should have learned lessons from the georgia, 2008 excursion. we didn't. we put georgia, in fact, they had moved there. the u. s. a. marines, i just finished maneuvers in a joint operation or joint exercise wi

mr. castillo critics will, will point to the fact that he, he tried to, um, dissolve congress and ruled by decree. and this is profoundly anti democratic, and that's why he was impeached and removed from office. what to his supporters have to say to that. yeah, i mean that's exactly right he, he, on december 7th, he announced that he was shutting down the congress and going to rule by decree and intervene in the, in the judiciary and so forth. and within a matter of hours, the entire thing collapse. he clearly had not gotten the support you need to carry out a maneuver of that kind and he was almost, you know, within hours arrested. that's a fact. a lot of his supporters in congress and elsewhere are claiming that he was some of the claims he was drugged. some have claimed that he was tracked some he himself, as of that he was kidnapped. and none of which is really true. um, he did try to carry out a coup. it's an illegal act. he was removed because of that, a problem is, is that the congress, which is in the body that you know of voted to remove castillo from office, is a, has the worst,

which is when mr castillo's presidency would have come to an end.peru settled or will there be more unrest? here's localjournalist simeon tegel who has been following the story on the ground. what a dramatic day. but things have calmed down quite a bit the constitutional order has been re—established after pedro castillo attempted to break it with this completely unconstitutional attempt to dissolve congress, which he had no constitutional authority but also no political support. he is now in custody and has been arrested. i think he is going to be facing a very long list of charges. even before today, he was facing the possibility of being impeached for corruption. he is alleged to have taken bribes and sold jobs in the public bureaucracy. and we now have a constitutional president once again, dina boluarte, the vice president, who has been sworn in by congress. peru has been going through some severe political turbulence, really going back to 2016 but climaxed in 2020 and again now. there's a real problem, a structural problem with peruvian politi

form a government of national unity and she said she would govern untiljuly 2026, which is when mr castillo'set me bring you some live pages now from the streets of lima — protesters both for and against the new government have been gathering outside parliament for the last few hours — they have been peaceful — but in the last few minutes we have seen some instances of clashes with the police. they have been peaceful — but in the last few minutes we have seen some instances of clashes with the police. simeon taygaljoins me now, he's a journalist based in lima. thank you so much forjoining us on the programme and now things have moved very quickly and talk us through what is the latest. it's been quite a dramatic day and things of calm down quite a bit, constitution order has been re—established under what pedro tried to break. and completely unconstitutional attempt to dissolve congress which he had no constitutional authority and also no political support, constitutional authority and also no politicalsupport, he constitutional authority and also no political support, he is now in custody an

mr castillo was impeached, and detained for alleged corruption, following his attempt to dissolve peru'ss. speaking at the summit of heads of state in washington, the us president, joe biden, has announced billions of dollars in new funding for african nations. the move is seen as an attempt by america to reassert its influence, as china, russia and turkey deepen their involvement. now on bbc news, it's hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. the uk isn't quite in the grip of a general strike, but it's not far off. vital public services like health, railand mail are being disrupted by industrial action. workers want to protect themselves from spiralling inflation. the government is desperate to keep a lid on wage rises and public spending. as the economic gloom deepens, does the opposition labour party have a plan for public service reform and prosperity? well, my guest is shadow health secretary, wes streeting. is this a time for radicalism or caution? wes streeting, welcome to hardtalk. wes streeting, welcome to hardtalk. thanks for having me. as you are well aware, strikes

earlier, a court rejected an appeal by mr castillo to be released following his detention on chargesto show that the rate of inflation in the uk slowed down in the year to november, compared with the year to october. analysts believe the rise in the cost of living will be 10.9% — down from 11.1%. what does that mean in terms of what the bank of —— bank of england will do next? is affecting most people's bank balances across the uk. we will have that discussion with the leading economists in our izdhar �*s coverage and also looking at the strike action. —— in today's business coverage. all of that will be talked about in around 20 minutes' time. the former england cricket captain, andrew �*freddie' flintoff — who now presents the bbc�*s top gear — has been involved in a crash while filming the show. he's having treatment in hospital. it's understood that his injuries aren't life threatening. our reporter, mark lobel has been following the story. mark, what more can you tell us? , ~ ., ., us? sally, we know that the accident _ us? sally, we know that the accident happened - us? sally,

mr castillo was impeached last wednesday, for alleged corruption, and detained, after attempting to dissolveeru's second largest city, as a 30—day state of emergency comes into force. peru's defence minister claims he had no choice, after scenes like this. protesters have blocked airport runways, roads and other critical infrastructure in the past few days, as anger boils over at the country's turbulent politics. at least seven protesters have died in clashes with police. the unrest erupted after former president pedro castillo was ousted from office last week. he tried to dissolve congress, and was swiftly impeached. his successor, dina boluarte, has tried to calm tensions by offering to bring elections forward. translation: we must remain calm. _ peru cannot be overflowing with blood. we've already lived through this experience in the 1980s and �*90s, and i believe that we don't want to return to this painful history. but words aren't enough for castillo's supporters, who want him released, and fresh re—elections straight away. translation: dina boluarte is not our president! - let the peo

it comes hours after mr castillo tried to dissolve congress and was subsequently impeached.atson, reports. this is a country used to political turbulence, but the day's events in peru have just turbocharged the chaos. it started out like this. the temporary disillusion of congress and exceptional emergency government. new elections will be called as soon as possible for a new congress to draw up a new constitution with a maximum period of nine months. the president made the announcement shortly before congress was due to debate its third impeachment motion against him since he came to power last year. a former teacher turned leftist leader, mr castillo promised to redistribute wealth in this unequal country, but has since been accused of involvement in corruption scandals. was this move a preemptive strike to avoid impeachment? his critics are in no doubt calling it out as an attempted coup, but a coup that ultimately backfired because shortly afterwards, congress voted to get rid of the president, 101 votes to six with ten abstentions. members of congress, the waiver of the

former president did with us to you is free and well, you know, we want freedom for president castillo, not mrs. blue, at that. she has done on the presidency that number for now castillo will remain under arrest. a judge denied his appeal to be freed. a support forfeited august. the your have gone beyond pedals, borders the left wing precedence of mexico argentina columbia. believe you have said that he is a victim of harassment and he was legitimately elected the foreign ministry has responded, same castillo was ousted for attempting to dissolve congress illegal. these protesters one custody of fried calling for general elections. now proceed in been what the has committed to bring them forward to 2024, but for now she's pleading for comb with in the front to. so just see that in a bit of a matter of kiva says they've been multiple blasts in the city center. emergency services have been dispatched. well, this comes as ukraine's allies have pledged a $1000000000.00 an aide during a donor conference in paris. the amos to help it get through winter is russian forces continue to target energy fac

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