is confirm for you yet i'm allowed still, and a major victory for the party of former president rafael korea. that is, be that whose party has been able not only to conquer back the capital, keep them, but also why a keel that have voted to the right for the last 30 years at the center. yes, you thank you very much. indeed. that's more so to come this hour. a start warning from scientists. 40 percent of animals in the u. s. and more than a 3rd of plans risk of extinction. planets, plastic pollution problem is getting worse. but producing more single use plastic waste than ever before. and english go for justin roses, celebration his 1st title in 4 years. ah hello, there was a wintry and windy start to the week across europe. and those conditions are set to continue and intensify. got storm systems affecting the salt that have felt a lot cooler. temperature is well below the average in faces. but take here is dealing with the worst winter storm of the season. those conditions set to continue and push for the east, leaving behind temperatures a lot lower than we expected to be for this time of

30000000 people are registered to participate your position led by former socialist president. rafael korea has been urging voters to reject the proposed reforms. will lasses under intense pressure of the growing government, corruption allegations and dramatic rise and gang related crime. some these votes is aimed at helping him, sol. these problems. the 8 questions in the referendum cover security issues, things like whether to allow the extradition of ecuador ins convicted of links to trans national, organized crime, and giving the military permission to support the police in the fight against drug trafficking. voters will also be asked about reducing the number of lawmakers in congress and setting criteria for how they are elected. and there are 2 questions on environmental protections as well, including a proposal to create a new water protection system. well, let's go live to syndrome p. s use in the capital kito. now just to be clear about there. so people going to be forced to vote in this referendum is the voting is compulsory that and if they don't do it, they'll have to pay a fine

13000000 people were registered to participate, the opposition led by former socialist president. rafael korea has been urging voters to reject the proposed reforms on the run p. s. he has more from kito elections. officials are counting the votes of sunday's election in ecuador, but they also said that this will be a longer process, a precedent to guillermo, alas, to the who was expected to speak. i, late on a sunday, has now postponed this speech and will probably wait until monday morning here in quito to talk about the results of these elections. early projections show that a majority of ecuadorian, sir, could have voted in favor of the constitutional referendum that the president proposed to try and deal with many a social, political, and security crisis. this country is going through this election was seen in many ways as a referendum on the administration of a d, very unpopular president guillermo lasso. and if indeed the in the end, a majority will have voted in favor of this referendum. this could be a major political, a victory for the president wants that he needed, given the fact t

the opposition led by former socialist president. rafael korea has been urging voters to reject the proposed perform. bossa was under intense pressure over growing government corruption allegations and a dramatic rise and gang related crime. the 8 questions in the referendum cover security issues, including whether to allow the extradition of ecuadorian convicted of links to trans national organized crime. it also asks whether to give the military permission to support police and fighting drug trafficking. voters were also asked about reducing the number of law makers in congress and setting the criteria for how they are elected. there are also 2 questions on environmental protections, including a proposal to create a new water protection system. adrian perez salazar is a political columnist at the national ecuadorian daily l in reverse. so he's in guayaquil and with us live, adrian, president, lasso barely survived, and impeachment vote last year. so of this referendum passes, how much does that boost his presidency? and what are some of the ways it helps him in thank you for having me. but

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13000000 people were registered to participate, the opposition led by former socialist president, rafael korea has been urging voters to reject the proposed reforms. alessandra of empathy has more from kito elections. officials are counting the votes of sundays the election in ecuador, but they also said that this will be a longer process, a precedent. the guillermo, alas, to the who was expected to speak. i, late on a sunday, has now postpone this speech. and we'll probably wait until monday morning here in quito to talk about the results of these elections. early projections show that a majority of ecuadorian, sir, could have voted in favor of the constitutional referendum that the president proposed to try and deal with many a social, political, and security crisis. this country is going through this election was seen in many ways as a referendum on the administration of a very unpopular president guillermo lasso. and if indeed the in the end, a majority will have voted in favor of this referendum. this could be a major political, a victory for the president wants that he needed, given the

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13000000 people were registered to participate, the opposition led by former socialist president. rafael korea has been urging voters to reject the proposed reforms. go live now to alessandra petty in the ecuadorian capital key to alexander. we understand some early results that have started coming in from the vote count. what more can you tell us? ah, well there and i can say that it's going to be a long night before we get the official results or the electoral council officials just came out and gave at their latest the bulletin calling on a quandary. answer at to be patient essentially as saying that this is going to be a long process. it has to do with the fact that it was a big number of questions. 8 questions that were part of this a constitutional referendum. and also the fact that the ecuadorian on sunday were also voting for more than 5000 local officials and other officials of different the ecuadorian a institution. so. so, so far we're looking at around 5 percent of the votes counted in the case of the constitutional a referendum bratton. now the, the yes vote seems to be on top. we

oh, india, and the real winner of the night was former left his president rafael korea. he received the results in mexico's to rounded by his allies. candidates of his party took back the mayoralty of the capital quito, and for the 1st time in 30 years, that of the country's largest city guayaquil, career lives in exile in belgium. he was sentenced in absentia to 8 years in prison in 2020 and controversial bribery allegations lather up. i'll as it it as an even less united imperfect but the right last across the board at national level. the conservative sexual pot in particular is left with fair if he provinces, while we see the left and in particular progressive movements, lack careers and the indigenous party rising by it. it leaves the government in a much more unfavourable scenario valley, but it's still yet not the last leaves last so it little to no space to my new or he already barely survived that impeachment both back in june, following weeks of protest, their rock, the country and raising doubts now that he will be able to remain in office for the 2 years left

lasso to help counter a crime wave corruption and address environmental concerns. former president rafael korea, who's an exile, is shaping up to be the likely winner. candidates from his party won the races and tito and gloria keel. the 2 most important and populous cities and the opposition approaches to reject the proposals. a senior us general responsible for bringing down a suspected chinese spine. balloon says the military may have missed previous craft flying over american territory. us shot down the balloon on saturday afternoon flew over the country for days. general glen fun. hurk said he could not rule out, but it may have been carrying explosives. beijing says it was a civilian craft that accidentally drifted astray and accused washington of indiscriminate use of force. 40 percent of animals in the u. s. and more than a 3rd of plants are at risk of extinction. that's the start warning from north american. scientists who say the biodiversity that remains must be protected now before it's lost forever. and fisher reports that are changes to the face of america, small slow, but potenti

the opposition led by former socialists present rafael, korea. as an urging voters to reject the proposed reforms on to zeros, alessandro pet is following the vote. count in the capital key to we have spoken to voters who told us that they were confused by the long number of questions they were. they were expected to respond to and also by the fact that each question came with a number of annexes, which the opposition say is where the most troubling elements, the referendum ally they're saying that in particular the questions that have to do with the transformation of the institution, such of congress in that country would have affected the check imbalances that exist in ecuador as democracy. and also there is a question that has to do with the so called the peoples participation council, which was created with the 2008 constitution, which has been an important citizen oversight institution here in equity. and also participates in the election of a number of officials, such as the attorney general also considered the fact that besides the referen

why then, if there is a need to improve, secures in the country is the former president rafael korea urging people to vote against these reforms. well the main issue is that they, ab and most voters are and been the people at the opposition are perceiving this referendum as a referendum on last. so they would like to go to early elections. lasso already survived or barely survived. and impeachment vote back here in june and they see this as a way at to try and push him out of office that they're also saying that they feel that this referendum, even if it does passes, there will not do much to solve those security issues. while extradition might be a necessary tool that echoed, are right now the best in have the issues as becoming structural in this country. and they feel that the government of lisa is not doing what's necessary to address the issues that have allowed to these criminal gangs. for example, to recluse, recluse, a lot of for people that live along the ecuadorian coast that, that, those see, i don't believe they of any other opportunities but working for the scribe organi

that seems to be clear though, is that the real, a winner in these elections was former president rafael korea, who is in he lives in exile in the, in belgium, a because he was sentenced in absentia for bribery allegations. but his party has been very well so far in these the elections winning, for example, winning back their bye, your realty here in the capital quito, and the especially in why you kill where the left had not wins for over 30 years. okay, thank you so much on the sandra for that update from quito. international assistance has now started arriving in parts of chile that had been ravaged by wilds fires. the fires have killed at least 24 people and destroyed hundreds of homes. strong winds and high temperatures are making it difficult for fire cruise to control the blazes. the president has declared emergencies and the worst hit regions are latin america editor, the see a new man is joining us from santa juana in chile. so how bad is it? lexia it's pretty bad, i can tell you here in santa juana and also further north where the fires are raging completely out of control. we unders