nigeria's president muhammadu buhari has said at least 69 people have been killed during days of protestse brutality. the deaths were mainly civilians but include police officers and soldiers. a curfew in the country's commercial hub — lagos — will be eased from saturday — but as our west africa correspondent mayeni jones reports, tensions remain. the day after the presidents television addressed that very few people here and the lack of tollgate the scene of the shootings. many nigerians have been frightened by the scenes of violence they've seen in the last few days the president has also said that any future demonstrations will not be tolerated. but many people here unsatisfied with how it all turned out. it's a government that does not care. we see it was up we have a government that does not care for the life of the people. it's just for their own selfish pockets. before we knew for that we started on people saying they hear, they here their only way we knew they were here it was gunshots. lucky here is the most useful protest in nigeria. these are the most peaceful protest in nigeri

earlier, a spokesperson for president muhammadu buhari tweeted: "it is not president buhari's desirea national security council meeting in abuja. the heads of police and other security agencies were there. nigeria's vice—president has promised justice for people who were shot during protests. butjustice will involve the government saying who fired the shots. and on that we've heard nothing. amnesty international says the security forces killed at least 12 people on tuesday. the nigerian army denies any involvement. in a series of tweets, vice—president yemi 0shin—ba—joe says his "heart goes out to all the victims of the lekki shootings". he goes on: "i spoke to some of those in hospital. the pain of these terrible events is palpable in our towns and cities, and some losses are irreplaceable, but we can and will getjustice while many questions remain about tuesday — reports of vandalism and violence continue to come in from lagos — that's despite a strict curfew being in place. this incident is getting a lot of attention — the high court in lagos island, which is the city's oldest nei

are blocking major roads in nigeria's largest city of lagos this after a speech by president muhammadu buhari where he failed to condemn the killing of at least 12 people who were protesting against police brutality on shoes day. well those are the headlines stay stay here with us on al-jazeera who want to one east escaping korea's pacific colt's is up next and i'm back with the at the top of the air. mass protests and valorous continue calling for the resignation of president bush and. some of the women who have become a driving force of the protests. talk to al-jazeera. with its beautiful sandy beaches clear blue waters and lush green surrounds fiji is a tropical paradise. hot and humid either that he or she cannot get out. but for some it quickly became a kind of hell. i knew as soon as i like stepped foot it was just not normal she feels doesn't it. woods in the country. one no one east investigates a secret of cult and joins a father on his desperate bid to rescue his son. a casual night out with friends in the downtown sewer is something society to meet the longer it takes for granted.

gangs are blocking major roads in nigeria's largest city of lagos is after a speech by president muhammadu buhariwhere he failed to condemn the killing of at least 12 people protesting against police brutality on tuesday. president donald trump has suggested egypt might blow up ethiopia's ground renee's on stand the project has been a source of tension since construction began in 2011 sudan and egypt are both downstream of the dam and fear it will reduce their water levels bolivia's former finance minister luis garcia has won the presidential election with 55 percent of the votes are see as an ally of exiled former president ever morale us and his victory could pave the way for morales his return to the country and european leaders are being urged to act fast and stop the renewed spread of covert 19 either the current virus infections of war than doubled in the last 10 days stay with us stopped al jazeera is next. and. al jazeera has every yes and. it's an uprising on a scale nobody in bellerose predicted. menu of lived quietly for decades in the former soviet state of the one man turned into pro

in lagos that began 2 weeks ago demonstrators have been defying curfews to hold more rallies muhammadu buhari didn't mention choose days of deadly shootings by the security forces that interest has more from the capital abuja the president mentioned that they have heard the 5 demands of the protesters and they're addressing them gradually mentioning the fact that the. police unit the special interests chord has been disbanded process is now on to run psychological evaluation of all officers on the sides and a new outfit is being put up to the police sobs as well as. talking about those other demands like compensation like. dialoguing with the protesters. official results show guinea's president alpha condé winning a 3rd term with a landslide victory since sunday's election at least 10 people have been killed and dozens of others injured when security forces fired at supporters of opposition presidential candidate. he says he has evidence of fraud and will contest the result. because parliament has overwhelmingly approved an amendment to the constitution expanding the president's powers closer

the nation after more than 2 weeks of protests against police brutality and the government's muhammadu buharid for the demonstrations to ends on the day a prison and other buildings across lagos were set on fire but he didn't mention the shooting of protesters on tuesday meant injuries reported from a butcher. for days the president has been under pressure to speak to a nation on the edge after meeting the country's top security officials on thursday he asked security forces to act within the confines of law to halt the rising violence across the country who said continue to ensure that in the end of freedom as well as the fundamental raids. are protected let's remember this goal money mosul has the obligation to protect the legs and the properties as well as the day to all citizens to grow a business is seen and for violence for more than 2 weeks demonstrators mainly young men and women took to the streets demanding an end to police brutality compensation for victims and the reform of nigeria's police force they also want officers guilty of extrajudicial killings torture and disappearances t

. —— prezza muhammadu buhari's.y include at least 12 peaceful protesters who were killed by the nigerian army and police at two sites, including at this tollgate in lagos on tuesday night during demonstrations against police brutality. this protester‘s injuries mean the 24—year—old has been told he needs his leg amputated. david remembers running away as a bullet hit his leg, breaking the bone. luckily, he says, those around him quickly dragged him to hospital. this is a week. and i don't want to go back to sleep. i'm not happy with the government. they can kill me right now for all i'm —— or la ke right now for all i'm —— or lake eyre. the fact i'm not happy with what they have been doing, right from childhood to this age. lagos's curfew has 110w this age. lagos's curfew has now been lifted —— lifted, but it won't sweep away the tensions. unrest in looting has spread to several states. the head of nigeria's police force on saturday told his officers to use all legitimate means to halt a further slide into lawlessne

addressed the nation for the 1st time since process began over police brutality 2 weeks ago muhammadu buharicalled for calm but he didn't mention the shooting a protest is on choose state the shooting sparked chaos in the city of lagos well those are the headlines to stay with us here on al-jazeera inside story is up next i. we know what's happening in our region we know how to get laid is that others and no i was just thrown. by the pretty long term. fire and i'm going to give you. the way that you kaldis story is what can make a difference is sudan seeing a 2nd uprising protesters take to the streets again angry at the worsening economy they accuse the government of failure but these protests lead to a change this time this is inside story. hello welcome to the program. soaring bread prices led to the 2018 uprising in sudan now more than a year after the removal of longtime ruler. the economic crisis has deepened prices have skyrocketed food and fuel are in short supply and unemployment has jumped people back on the streets protesting over the dire living conditions they blame the transiti

president has addressed the nation after more than 2 weeks of protests against police brutality muhammadu buhari called for an end to the demonstrations after a day where prison and other places across lagos were set on fire but he didn't mention the shooting of protestors on choose day idris reports from a bridge or for days the president has been under pressure to speak to and they should not be age. after meeting the country's top security officials on thursday he asked security forces to act within the confines of law to halt the rising violence across the country. continue to ensure the. end of freedom as well as the fundamental raids of those protected to members this go month. has the other to get in to protect the legs and the properties as well as the day to all citizens to go of those their daily business is seen and. violence for more than 2 weeks demonstrators mainly young men and women took to the streets demanding an end to police brutality compensation for victims and the reform of nigeria's police force they also want officers guilty of extrajudicial killing us torture and disapp

protesters against police brutality are defying a 24 hour curfew and a call for calm from president muhammadu buhari. security forces in lagos opened fire on wednesday morning after several demonstrators were reportedly shot dead on tuesday in another part of nigeria's commercial capital a large bus a large fire was burning at a bus station. in sudan security forces of fired tear gas at protesters complaining about the cost of living the transitional government struggled to revive the economy after the overthrow of president obama last year. thailand's prime minister says he is prepared to lift the emergency measures imposed to stop protests there probably if the general trend sists the ban on gatherings will be overturned if there's no more violence thousands of rally for 8 consecutive days in defiance of the ban it when the prime minister to resign as well as reforms to the monarchy. and a memorial service has begun in france for the teacher who was beheaded live pictures here from the soap on samuel was killed after showing cartoons of the prophet muhammad to his students an 18 year old from chec

nigeria's president muhammadu buhari has called on protestors to stop demonstrating and work with theere reports of gunfire in lagos on thursday. france is extending the curfew it imposed to slow the spread of the coronavirus. the measures, which come into force at midnight on friday, will affect two thirds of the french population. a deposition made by the former girlfriend of the sex offenderjeffrey epstein has been made public. in it, ghislaine maxwell says she never trafficked or sexually assaulted any women or girls.

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the countable the and these is essentially essential everywhere although nigeria's president muhammadu buhari disbanded sars last week the protests have continued the nigerian public has become accustomed to broken promises by the government and have taken this opportunity to campaign for wider social change the nation's government is famous for corruption the country remains poor and lacking in infrastructure while billions of dollars pour in from oil revenue so far tuesday's violent crackdown has done little to stop the. protesters evidently even the most direct tony and measures are not able to silence the voice of the people are watching the hawks and alex my luggage. all right as we go to break remember that you can also start watching the hawks on the man with a brand new portable t.v. which is available on all platforms coming up we're joined by georgetown law professor and civil rights advocate preston mitchum to break down senator lindsey graham and mitch mcconnell's latest moves to secure a supreme court justice nominee amy connie barretts a spots that most important fans and what h

nearly 2 weeks of demonstrations which initially began as protests against police brutality muhammadu buhari said the government called for an end to the demonstrations but made no mention of tuesday's shooting of protesters. who are on. the streets of the it's the constructs of. government decisions. as these. roads and as disciplined wary of the president held an emergency security meeting smoke was seen rising from a prison in lagos on thursday fires were set across the city and witnesses reported gunfire demonstrators defied curfews in lagos and other regions on wednesday to hold more rallies amnesty international says at least 12 protesters were killed in lagos on choose day which the government denies or from or less let's go straight to it tourists in a big jag made what's the president been saying has he been able to calm these tensions. well the president mention that some of the information out there on social media and the press were actually misinformation propaganda designed to deceive people and he's asking the international community to be cautious of the information they see

gangs are blocking major roads in nigeria's largest city lagos comes after a speech by president muhammadu buharihere he failed to condemn the killing of at least 12 people protesting against police brutality on choose day with the final u.s. presidential debate over and just days to go before the election both candidates are back on the campaign trail president donald trump is in florida a state he needs to win or joe biden is in delaware trump has suggested egypt's might blow up ethiopia's ground renee's on stem the project has been a source of tension since construction began in 2011 and the polls are open in the 1st round of parliamentary elections in egypt's voting is being staggered across the country over several weeks the nation's future party that backs president of the fatah sisi is expected to win and bolivia's former finance minister luis are saying he has won the presidential election our say is an ally of exiled former president ever morales and his victory could pave the way for morales his return to the country that's the up to date now it's back to witness. the health of humanity

of unrest protests against police brutality have continued with gangs blocking roads in lagos muhammadu buhari blamed what he described as hooliganism for the violence and security forces had used extreme restraint. meanwhile security forces in guinea of dispersed opposition protest is that with tear gas it comes as a result for the president winning a controversial time in office at least 17 people have been killed in the unrest since sunday's election the commission says 82 year old alpha condé want to round twice as many votes as his main rival. and libya's rival factions have signed a permanent ceasefire agreement but there are concerns that it's unlikely to last the u.n. brokered pact which orders all foreign fighters out of the country comes out of political talks set for next month fighting has been in a low in recent months with both sides entrenched on a front line near the city of sirte so that's it for myself in the team here in london counting the cost is coming up next on al-jazeera stay with us. valorous continue the resignation of president. some of the women who have become a d

nigeria's president muhammadu buhari has called on protestors to stop demonstrating and work with theovernment to find solutions. several people have been killed in clashes with security forces, and there were reports of gunfire in lagos on thursday. france is extending the curfew it imposed to slow the spread of the coronavirus. the measures, which come into force at midnight on friday, will affect two thirds of the french population. a deposition made by the former girlfriend of the sex offenderjeffrey epstein has been made public. in it, ghislaine maxwell says she never trafficked or sexually assaulted any women or girls. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are polly mackenzie, chief executive director of the cross—party think tank demos, and claire cohen, women's editor of the daily telegraph. thanks so much for coming back and i am pleased to say that i've got all the papers tonight, so let's start with some of the pages we have already. the metro says that test and trace is "down the pan" as prime minister borisjohnson adm

nigeria's president muhammadu buhari has tonight addressed the nation, calling for calm and for the country'sons began over police brutality. the human rights group amnesty international have said 12 protestors were shot by security forces during violence on tuesday. mayenijones reports from lagos, which has seen some of the worst of the violence. firing live rounds in broad daylight. armed men in police uniform roaming the streets of one of africa's largest cities. the roads of lagos, usually lively with activity, are now tense. despite a round—the—clock curfew, vandals still move freely enough to cause havoc. the smell of smoke still hangs in the air around the high court here in lagos island. this is one of the oldest neighbourhoods in the city, but this symbol of law and order was left to burn overnight, with neither security forces nor the fire brigade showing up. authorities here seem to have completely lost control. it's not clear who burned down this 70—year—old building, but eyewitnesses say it wasn't protesters. they‘ re not protesters. and you also mentioned that they were wearing

nigeria's president muhammadu buhari has said at least 69 people have been killed during days of protestsinst police brutality. the deaths were mainly civilians, but also include police officers and soldiers. at ten o'clock reeta chakrabati will be here with a full round up of the days news. first on bbc news — we focus on the us election with highlights from last night's final presidential debate between president trump and his democrat rivaljoe biden. good evening from belmont university in nashville, tennessee. i'm kristen welker of nbc news, and i welcome good evening from belmont university in nashville, tennessee. i'm kristen welker of nbc news, and i welcome you to the final 2020 presidential debate between president donald] trump and former vice presidentjoe biden. so, as you know, 2.2 million people modeled out were expected to die. we closed up the greatest economy in the world in order to fight this horrible disease that came from china. it's a worldwide pandemic, it's all over the world. you see the spikes in europe and many other places right now. if you notice, the mortality

sticks and knives set small fires on friday after the president delivered an emergency speech muhammadu buhari appeal for calm but he failed to condemn the cheese day killing of police 12 people the 28000000 residents of lagos have been under 24 hour curfew since tuesday after violence in several states over the past 2 weeks. bolivia has declared leftist candidate louise asked say as the winner of this year's presidential election the final tally showed us a winning 55 percent of the vote he served as finance minister exiled former president evo morales or as resigned a year ago after standing for an unconstitutional 4th term in office triggering mass protests. there's the headlines up front coming up next. when i think of my career i think of potential when i think of potential i think for what it is not i think of young people who need to do to get into the i want something that they come to. tell me it's impossible i think the challenge. is a challenge they're going to the. money is being dismissed and this is my job. my nigeria on al-jazeera. welcome back to front i'm richelle carey today

the one voice nigerians wanted to hear from was president muhammadu buhari.y feel the president didn't sympathize with the victims and didn't address any sense of accountability or responsibility. was it the military? who put the orders in place? now, there's been a chorus of people speaking out across nigeria from government officials and business officials as well as the religious communities to try to call for unity and calm in the country. >> wow, worrying situation there. lainny, thanks for being on top of it for us. >>> and for our international viewers, thank for spending part of your day with me. you can have world sport up next. for our viewers in the united states, i'll be right back with more news. if you have medicaid and medicare a unitedhealthcare dual complete plan can give you extra benefits at no cost to you. like 25 dollars for healthy foods each month. with dual complete from unitedhealthcare... there's more for you. trump took a good economy and drove it back into the ditch through his failure to get covid under control, his failure to del

end to protest began 2 weeks ago against pre-placed brutality but in a speech to the nation muhammadu buharifailed to mention the fatal shooting of protesters on shoes during. the confirmation vote of u.s. supremes court nominee amy cody barrett's is set to go ahead on monday after the senate judiciary committee approved her nomination this is presidential candidates donald trump and joe biden are in nashville preparing for their final presidential debate in about 3 and a half hours. or let's talk more about the debate with alan schroeder who's a professor at northeastern university on the author of presidential debates risky business on the campaign trail he joins us live from albuquerque new mexico hello and thanks for your time firstly let me start by asking you who's in the risky position here in the debate is it biden with apparently and 8.5 percent advantage according to some polls or is it trump. well there's always risk there's always risk because it's live t.v. and anything can happen but i actually think that biden probably has the easier job to do tonight just protecting his lead

. >> reporter: nigeria's president muhammadu buhari has ordered an investigation into all complaintspolice brutality, and directed state governors to compensate victims afterwards. he also committed to improving the welfare of police officers across the country as a way to encourage comprehensive police reforms. >> some of the demands that i've seen are not going to be implemented immediately, some of them are long-term demands, but if government can rebuild the confidence-- which i believe the president has the opportunity to do-- i believe that the needless loss of lives and the anarchy that is looming may be averted. >> reporter: the government efforts may also be an attempt to avert demands for further political change beyond the police. the whole world is now watching if these reforms c douse the tensions flaring across the country. for the pbs newshour, i'm phil ihaza, in abuja nigeria. >> woodruff: former senator joseph mccarthy died over 60 years ago, but a new book, "demagogue," from the "new york times" best-selling author larry tye, explores the senator's life and his last

. >> reporter: the nigerian president muhammadu buhari promised to disband s.a.r.s.ek ago but it was too late. protesters have turned this into a far bigger crisis for his government. police brutality is not the only issue fueling anti-government sentiment. the misuse of emergency covid relief funds and a stagnant economy crippled by the pandemic have become major targets for popular anger. debora patta, cbs news, johannesburg, south africa. >> lots more news straight ahead. first, here's a look at the weather for your weekend. >>> it was an unsettling sight. birds dropping dead across several western states. up next, the latest on the mystery and the other threats affecting birds in the west and nationwide. you're watching "cbs this morning saturday." ne medicine. it's ubrelvy. for anytime, anywhere migraine strikes without worrying if it's too late, or where i am. one dose of ubrelvy works fast. it can quickly stop my migraine in its tracks within two hours, relieving pain and debilitating symptoms. do not take with strong cyp3a4 inhibitors. most common side effect

president has addressed the nation after more than 2 weeks of protests against police brutality muhammadu buhari called for an end to the demonstrations after a day where a prison and other places across lagos were set on fire he didn't mention the shooting of protesters on tuesday i would address reports now for a. for days the president has been under pressure to speak to a nation on the edge after meeting the country's top security officials on thursday he asked security forces to act within the confines of law to halt the rising violence across the country. continue to ensure the. end of freedom as well as the fundamental 00 says protect it let's remember this goal money. has the obligation to protect the legs and the properties as well as the day to all citizens to grow a business is seen and. for more than 2 weeks demonstrators mainly young men and women took to the streets demanding an end to police brutality compensation for victims and the reform of nigeria's police force they also want officers guilty of extrajudicial killings torture and disappearances to be prosecuted and punished. i