or more you know let's go to santiago we're correspondent john bartlett is standing by good evening to you john i mean this is quite a climb down for the chilean government just a few days ago the president was insisting that these 2 high profile events that they have to take place and then of course the future. yeah i think it's it's interesting it's the more you kind of let it percolate in the sort of think about what this decision means the more it makes sense it seems that when you broke was about. i think if you look from a security point of view it's not safe at the moment and i think it's probably the last place you want to be sending a load of world leaders and their own sororities and i think that from that point if he said it makes sense you're right there it's a huge climbdown i think the other with the other way of looking at it it's the kind of public relations side of things. a journalist to ask questions of a world leader who would come to either the apec or the the court 25 summit what they thought the situation out there on the ground i think they would be unlikely to

brent: correspondent john bartlett joining us from santiago. john, thank you.ow to the middle east. syria's civil war has been raging for 8 years, despite numerous initiatives aimed at ending the conflict. one promising proposal that could pave the way to peace is underway in geneva. delegates from the syrian government, opposition, and civil society have started talks on a new constitution. it is hoped that the process can build trust among the warring factions and create a solid foundation for future peace deal. reporter: it is the first time that the main rivals in syria's civil war have met to discuss a new constitution. representatives of the assad government, opposition groups, and civil society have gathered in geneva for talks led by geir pederson. he describes it as an historic moment. >> the fact that you are here today sitting together face-to-face, ready to start a dialogue and negotiations, is i believe a powerful sign of hope for syrians everywhere. reporter: the talks are backed by russia and are aimed at finding a political settlement after eigh

santiago. journalist john bartlett has been covering the demonstrations for us from the capital santiago and he told us more about the protesters demands it's incredible to think that just a week ago people were obviously all kind of harboring these feelings and nobody had really kind of nice to kind of put them into any kind of coherent form said it's really kind of come out. and say anything to be in this kind of on us as we're seeing at the moment. the main demand at the moment for a lot of people i saw this evening was for a new constitution whether that's likely or a constituent assembly is realistic i think is the base of. people also demanding kind of political casualties as well the interior minister andres chadwick the cousin of the president is going to talk at a lot of people sitting saying that they want to see the preston. to be to resign i think. that's perhaps a little. it's a 4 day think that's going to happen as a democratically elected president in less than 2 years and the election so i think it's i think that people really want to see profound change not a kind of is it comp

for more let's go to santiago where correspondent john bartlett is standing by john you've just come from the demonstration can you describe what it's like there. yes it's an incredible moment it's historic out there at the moment i was in plus italian the center santiago. say the more than a 1000000 people there alone and even walking but still hundreds and hundreds of people streaming towards towards the main square and other places well around santiago i mean i think it's worth saying as well these were entirely peaceful protests there were occasional with a few. different points i think that most people didn't get the memo that this was the moment for chile to really show that it could protest peacefully for meaningful change. this is not the only protest in the country santiago de all those around the country what are the protesters demanding. i think this is a huge number of months and i think people really are just fed up with the model that chile is going to proceed to such a long time hotspots dictatorship between 173-1990 overwhelming kind of rejection of the model would thi

for more let's cross to santiago where correspondent john bartlett is standing by john you've just come from the demonstration can you describe what it's like there. yeah it's it's remarkable this evening night school and now it's it's people starts going back to the homes there's a real feeling of hope i think that's something that you can you can definitely feel around there's a lot of singing going on in the streets you can even you can still hear the horns now i would just replace what we've had the last few nights of kind of helicopters as sirens and things. seem to change i mean not to say that having being kind of isolated instance and violence around the kind of peripheries of the protests. but yeah i think that there's a real kind of feeling of hope that's the kind of overriding sentiment in the room . this is not the only protest happening in the country right now tell us about the others. yes i'm not sure how many exactly they have been across across the country in every major city there was the government came out some statistics earlier in the earlier in the week they said

and that was correspondent john bartlett in santiago well back here in germany the government wants to get tougher on online hate speech the new proposals were drawn up after a spike in far right attacks including the murder of a politician and the attempt by a heavily armed man to storm a synagogue officials see a dangerous connection between violence ideas spread on the internet and violent acts carried out in real life. hate speech challenge around the world across the web and one germany is taking seriously the country has reason to with officials pointing to one case out of many the murder of volatile luka a local politician shot dead earlier this year allegedly for his pro immigrant stance by a suspect found to have far right links he's believed to have carried out the crime alone but officials blame the hate filled web platforms he was part of for giving him the push to do so that they say makes online speech more dangerous than equivalent statements made in real life and under the cloud it carries a different weight depending on where they are insulted at a bar well only you an

right let's get you more on the this developing story we can go to chile to the capital santiago where correspondent john that bartlett's is standing by john 1st off this is quite a climb down for the presidents because just days ago he insisted that these 2 high level profiles will go ahead no matter what what changed. yeah i think i think you're right it's a kind of draw the draw the kind of the sense of not that she did this decision i think it was coming out i think this is massively a surprise i think that the you can kind of break the division down into 2 factors this the kind of political in the kind of public image of chile which i think is suffering anyway because it would have suffered hugely and also security as well i think that i think that the security situation here has been pretty desperate now for at least the week and it's showing no signs of facing whatsoever i think last night down on one of the main streets quite close to love when they are the presidential palace one of the human rights observers from human rights institute was shot 7 times by kind of models sort of bullets that the

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the cop 25 climate summit and apec trade summit would go ahead as planned i asked john bartlett a correspondent in santiago if this was a major climbdown for the president. yeah i think i think you're right it's a kind of draw the draw the kind of the sense of magnitude of this this decision i think it was coming out at this is massively a surprise i think that the you can kind of bridge the division down into 2 fact is this the kind of political in the kind of public image of chile which i think is suffering anyway because it would have suffered hugely and also security as well i think that i think that the security situation here has been pretty desperate now for at least the week and it's showing no signs of basing whatsoever i think last night down on one of the main streets quite close to love when they are the presidential palace one of the human rights observers from human rights institute was shot 7 times by kind of marble sized sort of bullets that the police used to. injure protesters so it does seem that the goalposts as moved somewhat and everybody seems to be being treated as a criminal at the

got the moment in the meantime those meetings up in the air as well correspondent john bartlett and she lays capital santiagothanks very much thank you. well south african police have forcibly evicted scores of protesters who have been camping out for weeks in cape town around 100 people were arrested after violent clashes in front of a united nations building the migrants are not demanding to stay in fact they want to leave they say a recent wave of the zina phobic violence directed african migrants shows that south africa is no longer safe. they came to south africa to seek refuge now all they want is to get out hundreds of refugees camped outside their new lands refugee agency in cape town for weeks demanding to be relocated. but after an eviction order the police moved in and violent scene is full of. police using water cannons i. live and firing stun grenades to disperse the crowds. for the protesters the use of force by the police is fueling anger over what they say this is an offending atmosphere and the country was yes i can you know i'm just i'm you know. even if you're in the military that much tim

got the moment in the meantime those meetings up in the air as well correspondent john bartlett and she lays capital santiagothanks very much all right here's a check now of some of the other stories making headlines around the world. the u.s. department of defense has released the 1st video of the operation that killed a chief of car. shows us special forces storming into his compound in northern syria and its subsequent destruction by family members and loyalists were reportedly killed in the special forces raid. twitter has announced a ban on all political advertising beginning on november 22nd the company said the targeted advertising brought quote significant risks to politics the decision puts pressure on other social media platforms to follow suit amid increasing concern that they're being used to present misleading information to voters. a fire has torn through a world heritage site in japan almost completely destroying it sherry castle on the island of okinawa wind up in flames early on thursday the complex is a major tourist attraction the actual buildings are replicas of the originals that were de

got the moment in the meantime those meetings up in the air as well correspondent john bartlett and she lays temple santiago thank you very much thank you. all right now let's get you caught up on some of the other stories making news around the world the u.s. department of defense has released the 1st video of the operation that killed the chief. it shows us special forces storming into his compound in northern syria and its subsequent destruction baghdadi family members and loyalists were reportedly killed in the special forces raid them. twitter has announced a ban on all political advertising beginning of ember 22nd the company said that targeted advertising brought quote significant risks to politics the decision puts pressure on other social media platforms to follow suit amid increasing concern that they're being used to present misleading information to voters. the swedish teenage climate activist greatest soon burke has declined an environmental prize it's worth the around $50000.00 euros from a scandinavian enter parliamentary body to emerge who is currently on a tour of north america said quote t

got the moment in the meantime those meetings up in the air as well correspondent john bartlett and she lays capital santiagothank you very much thank you. here's a check now on some of the other stories making news around the world twitter has announced a ban on all political advertising beginning of ember 22nd the company said that targeted advertising brought quote significant risks to politics the decision puts pressure on other social media platforms to follow suit amid increasing concern that they're being used to present misleading information to voters. in cameroon at least 42 people have died in a landslide in a village in the western part of the country the landslide hit monday following massive downpours that flooded the area the governor of the province said many of the homes were built in an unsafe area and that several people have been rescued. firefighters in southern california are battling a new blaze that threatens thousands of homes as well as the reagan presidential library near los angeles fires in southern and northern california have forced the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of re

been scrapped well earlier on monday police in santiago people rather spent hours queuing for food and fuel most schools and businesses remain closed grocery john walmart says that more than 100 of its stores were looted at the weekend and in some cases satellites of 0 smile ruppel reports now from santiago. it's now past curfew in the chilean capital and what you hear around me that banging noise this is what's known as he said allow still these are people that have come out of their of their windows out of their balconies from their apartments and they're banging on pots and plant and pans this is a way for them to show their protest to continue to demonstrate without having to go outside and risk arrest there was another day of unrest as this curfew now persists into the 3rd night in a row as the state of emergency remains in effect in chile earlier on monday there were. thousands of people were protesting in an area known as the to keep this it's plus a value this is an area that's historically been the center of a political movement here in chile protesters once again met by tear gas water cannons as well as smoke bombs from from police wa

that since been scrapped well earlier people in santiago spend hours queuing for food and fuel most schools and businesses remain closed the grocery john wal-mart says more than $100.00 of its stores were looted on the weekend and in some cases set alight israel's prime minister has failed to form a government for the 2nd time this year president ruben rivlin is now expected to ask netanyahu centrist rival benny gantz to put together a coalition force that has more now from western fear. well after the end of the last of a series of jewish holy days and on his 70th birthday benjamin netanyahu admitted defeat in his efforts to try to form a coalition government he laid the blame for that squarely at the feet of the head of the opposition blue and white party benny gantz saying that he and his colleagues had rejected all of his efforts to try to form a unity government indeed they have rejected those efforts they say because they are unwilling to sit even in a rotational arrangement as prime minister with a man who as netanyahu is is facing indictments in 3 separate corruption cases than young is accusing benny gantz of wanting to form a

john thanks very much. in the chilean capital santiago soldiers are patrolling the streets today to enforce a curfew and a state of emergency following more violent protests at least 3 people were killed there when a supermarket was set on fire metro train stations have also been ransacked because he plans to increase ticket prices the president sebastian pinera backed down on those fare rises but demonstrations continue over the high cost of living for a spender speck is the founder of chile today an independent news website we spoke to him yesterday he says despite high levels of income social inequality has become a driving force behind the protests it's not surprising actually because it has the highest income per capita in latin america but on the same time it's no you see the country and it's one of the most unequal countries in the o.e.c.d. so there is a lot of discontent and if you see how many people have to work to pay their bills how many people have to work to get a small pension and still work sometimes until they're 80 years old people who study one university study and they still have to pay the

john: it is very ironic and --ropriate maybe, the u.s. the next big stage and the u.s.-china trade dispute will take place in santiago. if you take a look at how the copper price compares with the chilean peso, chile is in a norm exporter of copper, and it is a very, very dependent on the global copper price, which is in turn very dependent on the strength of china. it is the country that demands all of china. of theget a worsening trade conflict, that will create even more pressure, even for a country that is genuinely a stable and prosperous as chile. it would make a lot of sense if they could find some kind of a deal in santiago, of all places. haidi: and of course, the host of the aipac a gathering which president trump is expecting the trade deal to be signed with china next month. john, a pleasure to have you on with us. john authers there. our exclusive with one of the world's largest etf providers. he explains why he is looking to expand in china, also why investors are being too conservative. kathleen: we will discuss the elections in canada with eurasia group managing director robert johnston. this is bloomb

john home and. let pass. at least 3 people have been killed in violent protests and shelling the mayor santiago said the victims died in a fire at a supermarket that have been ransacked the capital city is under curfew and demonstrations against planned price hikes for public support president sebastian pinera backed down on those and pleas fares but crowds are still out on the streets the violence prompted pinera to declare a state of emergency jorge a survey to which man is a chilean social researcher from the university of cambridge he blames the government for not listening to protester concerns this should be a political dialogue this should be certain some sort of. agreements table too to talk about of these to maybe step back within the city should of pricing the 1st of the of the metro that cost all of this but actually that is just tip of the iceberg many things will be defined in the events of this next 3 days or so because we have tanks in the streets we didn't see that in the last 30 years we have the military is in the streets so that might happen something really really damaging for the future of

john holdren al jazeera pass. protests continue in neighboring chile this is how it looked earlier on the streets of santiago at least18 people are being killed since the anti-government demonstrations began a week ago. but the army called but the today i want to see good news with my countrymen today we signed in seemed to congress a bill that stabilizes the price of electricity electricity rose on average of 9.2 percent a few days ago we want to cancel this price rise which affected almost $7000000.00 children households the protests the protests meanwhile have spread beyond the capital. city of party so police fired on crowds who were throwing stones several stalls have been looted and it follows with is vice president of the council of americas which works to promote democracy he says pereira doesn't have a lot of options. president's already tried to placate them he's even apologized and asked for their forgiveness saying that he and his government fundamentally misunderstood some of their feelings and where they're coming from he did announce a raft of reform social security reforms tax reforms rescind the plan

john home and. let pass the time for a short break here and when we come back. chile's government cracks down on protests we'll have the latest from santiago on what's called the demonstrators so worked up plus why refugee women in jordan got to learn to be plus more that students. hello satellite evidence added to what's been reported on the ground concerns a few showers around java city jakarta set to 3 days with a significant rain now it's not going to be very obvious to be honest the white top clouds which a guarantee thunderstorms have been around borneo soloway sea back towards central sumatra singapore kayo as far north central time and and that rain is too repeatable to regular showers in java not yet with the breeze coming in from this direction the rain band hasn't got too.

just the beginning of the struggle john holdren now does it or the past chinese government is enforced a curfew for a 3rd night after another day of violence and santiago police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse thousands of protesters in the capital at least 11 people have been killed in the demonstrations which started 2 weeks ago over an increase in trying to get fares that since been scrapped one of the rubble has more now from santiago. it's still past curfew in the chilean capital and what you hear around me that banging noise this is what's known as he said these are people that have come out of their of their windows out of their balconies from their apartments and they're banging on pots and plant and pans this is a way for them to show their protest to continue to demonstrate without having to go outside and risk arrest there was another day of on rest as this curfew now persists into the 3rd night in a row as a state of emergency remains in effect in chile earlier on monday there were thousands of people were protesting in an area known as part of this is plus a value this is an area that's historically been the center of political

john thank you. to chile where a state of emergency has been in force in the capital santiago after days of protests against the rising cost of buying a train ticket the rapid transit metro system is closed for the weekend off the rioters attacked stations the student loan process which began on monday have since grown into a wider outcry over the cost of living let's talk now to boris van de speck he's the founder of chile today that's an independent news website he joins us from santiago boris fun to spec did the president really have any choice here but to impose the state of emergency. well not really i think for the last 20 years chile has not seen this amount of violence in the protests. and normally the police and in chile they respond pretty aggressive and yesterday the process was so violent that even the police forces had to retreat from the center of something it was pure anarchy was chaos and those scenes the president had no other choice than the clearing a state of emergency and even deploying armed troops to the center of the capital is it an easy proposition is it or is it a big ask

john hoeven al jazeera pass. where protests have continued throughout chilling despite economic concessions offered by the president on thursday police used water cannon to disperse crowds in the capital santiago at least 18 people have been killed since the anti-government demonstrations began a week ago but the comical but today i want to see good news with my countryman today we signed in seemed to congress a bill that stabilizes the price of electricity electricity rose on average of 9.2 percent a few days ago we want to cancel this price rise which affected almost $7000000.00 children households. well the protests are not only focused on the capital. in the coastal city of out there is a police fired on crowds who are throwing stones several stores have been looted. there have been protests in guinea over a potential change the constitution that may allow president alpha condé to seek a 3rd term in next year's election several opposition politicians and anti-government protesters have been jailed over the past week because asters are demanding their release priyanka gupta reports. the protest is marched in their thousands in guinea's capital conakry moment the they are angry about a possi

john homan. pass the time for a short break here al-jazeera when we come back. chile's government cracks down on protests we'll have the latest from santiago and what's got the demonstrators so worked up plus why refugee woman in jordan to learn to be plus more in that state it's. satellite evidence added to what's been reported on the ground confirms a few showers around java certainly had 2 or 3 days with a significant right now it's not going to be very obvious to be honest the white top class which a guarantee thunderstorms have been around borneo soloway sea back towards central sumatra singapore kayo as far north central time and and that rain is still repeatable as to regular showers in java not yet with the breeze coming in from this direction the rain band hasn't got to yet reliably still here he's coming south with the sun just taking its time it'll run fairly rapidly quickly i suspect in the next week or 2. now the active fronts aren't quite as active as they were because they are in tasmania they're throwing a bit of rain through victoria just so you're not a massive cloud has gone through perth or he's come up from the bite in

john snow sent a letter to brussels but refused to sign it. at least 3 people have been killed during violent protests in chile the mayor of santiago said the victims died in a fire at a supermarket that had been ransacked the capital cities now under a curfew amid demonstrations against planned price hikes for public transport president sebastian pinera backed down on the increased fares but crowds were still out on the streets the violence prompted an era to declare a state of emergency well it is a chilly and research of the university of cambridge in the plains the government for not listening to protest or concerns this should be a political dialogue this should be certain some sort of. agreements table 2 to talk about these 2 maybe step back with a decision of pricing the 1st of the of the metro that cost all of this but actually that is just tip of the iceberg many things will be defined in the events of this next 3 days he said because we have tanks in the streets we didn't see that in the last 30 years we have the military in the streets so that might happen something really really damaging for the future of this conversations but there mu