i'm told me all laddie well thanks for joining us chile's president sebastian pinera says he's asked parliament to raise the minimum wage by around 15 percent in a further attempt to end the country's worst unrest in decades the president also sais that police accused of human rights abuses will be pursued prosecuted with the same force as rioters and looters for weeks now the south american country has been rocked by a protest against inequality. and as the w.'s nichole furnished in the capitals found out this is grown into a social movement who support base is a lot larger than those who turn up at rallies. it's another day of protests in santiago but any ball isn't going he lives only a stone's throw away from plus the epicenter of the country's mass demonstrations but a couple of weeks ago he kicked off a different kind of mobilization a neighborhood gathering known as. we didn't think anyone would come and we were a bit pessimistic. but the turnout exceeded expectations. so we sat down analyze what had happened and what we hope the chile of the 21st century who would look like.

well a month after demonstrators took to the streets in chile president sebastian pinera is struggling to restore calm thousands have again gathered in the capital santiago demanding better education health care and pensions and pin yet is resignation millions find it difficult to make ends meet and forced to live in makeshift camps and shanty towns. this is my house this is where a friend of mine sleeps. and. this is my room i want to know but i'm not ashamed to show it to you. this is where i sleep it's a bit messy because on the weekends i like to rest. i believe in the virgin and in good. it's thanks to them that i'm here when i 1st got to santiago i had to sleep out on the street. that he has lived in this camp in central sun tiago for 15 years he became homeless when his family rejected him after he came out as homosexual here he found acceptance albeit only within the camp limits. living here is hard for the neighbors judges because they think we're bad people. we believe we steal and that we're up to no good. but that's not true we're working people humble working people to get

president sebastian pinera has made this latest concession to protest an increase in the minimum wage will that make these people any more likely to go home. not really for many it's too little too late he's been making these small concessions he's also been on a sort of charm offensive visiting victims of police brutality in the hospital giving lots of interviews but to many people here this is a tiny band-aid on a gaping wound they want structural changes in the country they want a new constitution they want to government that cares more for their their own well being and not as much about the economy so this increase in the minimum wage which by the way is is only about 60 euros is surely not going to to make the cut and keep these people from going out into the street and protesting. in santiago chile things. protesters in iraq are accusing security forces of firing live rounds of people who are blocking a bridge in the country's capital demonstrations against the government started early last month since then more than 260 people have been killed and thousands injured the militar

the last more than 2 weeks now this protest was called to ask for the resignation of president sebastian pinera a much more a protest than the ones we've seen normally but the police is running very very heavy handed it's not allowing people to congregate and they're basically playing cat and mouse with the security forces. as you can see everybody is running now in this direction. but the do as i say the groups are much smaller than they have been in the last few days but the police for the once is not allowing them to gather at all and it might be because friday's protest a small group of protesters broke down a piece of one of the most emblematic statues here in santiago that is at that plaza italia where people gather and talking as riot police took over that area at about 3 hours ago and. oh dear and so the protesters are now throwing rocks at them and it's getting very difficult to breathe here i have to tell you lauren and the water cannon is now from what i can see coming in our direction. now the protests began a month ago against an increase in fares on the veteran said they've since

because so little is chile's president sebastian pinera has sent all cases of disproportionate police violence must be investigated what good exists office and the committee any excessive use of force and breach of police protocol needs to be investigated by public prosecutors and brought to justice. but so far little has happened many police officers don't wear id badges that makes it almost impossible to prosecute them for nelson campus that's no longer a priority then we. have children then where would i need to be able to work and earn money whether i wanted or not. i need to forget my fears but i'm still full of fear and panic. on my legal nelson's life is now dominated by the injuries he received at the hands of the police. all the sports and german drivers sophia flash has returned to complete in macau a year after suffering a horrific crash on the streets that 18 year old escaped with just a fractured vertebrae after her car crashed into fencing. sofia flares at the start of the race at the fateful track in macau. she didn't make any mistakes in this year's race but just 6 lap

stock illustration of unocal the key driving mass protests against the government of president sebastian pinera. i'm anthony howard welcome to the program we begin in washington where u.s. president donald trump has criticized the impeachment hearings calling them a disc rice and in the barracks mint is comments came as 2 senior officials who listened to trump's july phone call with these ukrainian counterpart a lot of missile lansky expressed their concerns about the conversation the former special envoy to ukraine could focus told the probe you should have realized that trump was holding up military aid to give to pressure the country to investigate political rival joe but. 1st to testify on tuesday 2 officials who listened in on that controversial phone call newton and connell alexander van man the top white house expert on ukraine alongside jennifer williams an adviser to vice president mike pence both told the panel they had concerns about the call i found the july 25th phone call on usual because in contrast to other presidential calls i had observed it involved discussion of what it appe

cannon tear gas to try to disperse the crowds while demonstrators threw rocks they want president sebastian pinera to resign despite his proposal of economic reforms that in america until we see a new man now in santiago. it started i'm extremely peaceful and right 6 away yes but a short while ago. 150 meters from where we are now there were some and. those and also people with masks that began to grow volatile cocktails at police they have been responding with massive amounts of tear gas to drive the entire demonstration the way we should thousands and thousands of people leaving many people covering their faces because of the tear gas which we've had we all agree is much stronger than it usually has than it has been up until now but that many have come back as you could see there's they're refusing to give up they say that it's now or never that there's no turning back now to the south they are being very tough guy as you can see people are wanting to walk to a new constitution this one referendum was commander of the president right away from the cabinet and opposition political parties are tha

and tear gas to try to disperse the crowd small demonstrators threw rocks they want president sebastian pinera to resign even though he's proposed economic reforms are left in america and so this isn't some. this is a 7 team and according to the report maybe 20. writers came out. early. and are completely quiet weekend started i'm extremely peacefully and right we caught a short while ago looting began about 150 meters from where we are now there were some vandals and also people with masks and began to throw volatile cocktails at police they have been responding with a massive amount of tear gas to drive the entire demonstration the way thousands and thousands of people leaving many people covering their faces because of the tear gas which we've had we all agree is much stronger than it used to be than it has been up until now but that many have come back as you could see there they're refusing to give up they say that it's now or never that there's no turning back now. think they're very much as you could see people i want you want to know constitution there's one referendum obviously demand

announced new measures to clamp down on violence as demonstrations continue for the 3rd week sebastian pinera proposed laws would toughen penalties for looting and rioting a latin america and its embassy in human reports from santiago. it's been $21.00 days of mass disturbances and demonstrations in chile and amid mounting criticism for not controlling the violence that often accompanies peaceful protests presidents have us jumping it addressed the nation with a series of measures. we want to announce a public agenda to strengthen public order and better safeguard our citizens security we've lived days of tremendous violence vandalism and delinquency provoked in most cases by groups of organized crime. the temple and plan includes outlawing barricades and the use of masks and other methods to disguise one's face including and used in the role of intelligence services and the use of helicopters dream protests among others. wednesday the uptown headquarters of the conservative party which is part of being it is governing coalition were attacked and ransacked. we are facing coordinated and organ

and tear gas to try to disperse the crowds while demonstrators threw rocks they want president sebastian pinera to resign even though he's proposed economic reforms a lot of america. knew when. i started i'm extremely pleased that i am trying to. 6 mark a short while ago the looting began about 150 meters from where we are now there were some and also people with masks that began to grow cocktails at police they have been responding with massive amounts of tear gas to drive the entire demonstration the way we see thousands and thousands of people leaving many people having their faces because of the tear gas which we've had we all agree is much stronger than it usually have been and has been up until now but that many have come back as you can see there's they're refusing to give up they say that it's now or never that there's no turning back now thanks to our big thank you very much as you can see people are want to watch the new constitution others want referendum obviously demanding that the president right away the capital of an opposition political price thank you exception the outlet righ

because so little is chile's president sebastian pinera has sent all cases of disproportionate police violence must be investigated what good exists office and the committee any excessive use of force and breach of police protocol work needs to be investigated by the public prosecutor use and brought to justice or. peace. but so far little has happened many police officers don't wear id badges that makes it almost impossible to prosecute them for nelson campus that's no longer a priority and we'll. i have children. i need to be able to work and earn money whether i wanted or not. need to forget my fears but i'm still full of fear and panic. now since life is now dominated by the injuries he received at the hands of the police. coming up ahead the cape town. unconventional methods to connect with and has become a viral hit. but 1st to greece response to transfer some 20000 asylum seekers on the edge and islands to the mainland over the coming weeks they include many on the island of les voss the site of the overcrowded morea refugee camp did. and zonda have this report from the island

in a way that can lead to lethal interests they would because so little is chile's president sebastian pinerahas sent all cases of disproportionate police violence must be investigated while it exists aka said the committee any excessive use of force and breach of police protocol work needs to be investigated by public prosecutors and brought to justice or. these. but so far little has happened many police officers don't wear id badges that makes it almost impossible to prosecute them for nelson campus that's no longer a priority and we'll. i have children then with it i need to be able to work and earn money whether i wanted or not i need to fit get my fears but i'm still full of fear and panic. now since life is now dominated by the injuries he received at the hands of the police. well it's not going to be quite the i.p.o. that it was billed to be saudi arabia has decided to restrict aramco. to the riyadh stock exchange with the vast majorities of shares to be sold locally of the decision is a huge step back from the original plans to go public in other places such as new york now only fore

way that can lead to lethal injuries that is the quick because so little is chile's president sebastian pinera has sent all cases of disproportionate police violence must be investigated while it exists aka said the committee any excessive use of force and breach of police protocol work needs to be investigated by public prosecutors and brought to justice. but so far little has happened many police officers don't wear id badges that makes it almost impossible to prosecute them for nelson campus that's no longer a priority and we'll. have children then why would i need to be able to work and earn money whether i wanted or not. i need to forget my fears but i'm still full of fear and panic. moneygall nelson's life is now dominated by the injuries he received at the hands of the police. well this is g.w. news and these are our top stories police in hong kong have sealed off the polytechnic university after pro-democracy activists occupied the site anyone trying to leave now faces arrest despite that a group of protesters stage a dramatic escape by climbing down from a bridge. authorities in iran

chile are stepping up their demands for a new constitution and the resignation of president sebastian pinera many have suffered serious injuries in recent anti-government demonstrations they accuse the police of brutality and intentionally shooting protesters in the head will drop of bullets president pinera says any excessive use of force will be investigated. nelson campos fears he will lose his eyesight he was shot by a policeman cheering a recent demonstration in chile's capital santiago. they will have a detached retina and i have internal injuries inside my eye it's not looking good . this shooting happened during recent antigovernment protests demonstrators have been hit by water cannon or rubber bullets some filled with metal and it's not just happening to violent protest is peaceful demonstrators even random bystanders are being targeted videos like these published on the internet aren't difficult to watch medical professionals are alarmed. when some bullets just scratch the surface of the eye but some hit them directly 99 percent of the patients if not all end up going blind for su

because the littlest chile's president sebastian pinera has sent all cases of disproportionate police violence must be investigated what good exists office and the committee any excessive use of force and breach of police protocol work needs to be investigated by the public prosecutor use and brought to justice. but so far little has happened many police officers don't wear id badges that makes it almost impossible to prosecute them for nelson campus that's no longer a priority and we'll. have children then where would i need to be able to work and earn money whether i wanted or not. i need to forget my fears but i'm still full of fear and panic. of my legal nelson's life is now dominated by the injuries he received at the hands of the police. we'll take a look at some more of the day's of stories now firstly in the united states where president a trump says he is strongly considering testifying in his own impeachment investigation and he tweeted the announcement today after house speaker nancy pelosi challenge him to appear before the committee to speak all the truth that he wants. a

protesters show to the health minister who's visiting a hospital in the chilean capital president sebastian pinera proposed laws to toughen penalties for looting and rioting to syria's latin america editor the scene human is in santiago presidents have a stamping it has called for a highly unusual meeting of the national security council which i haven't met in this country since 2014 thereby sending a message that things in the country are more serious than some may believe this came on the heels of the announcement of new measures to try to curtail the violence that has often been associated with these protests he says that they're being carried out by isolated but very very violent groups she says are organized by being led by organized crime although he gave no specific evidence of this at least not yet part of the measures include prohibiting the use of people from covering their faces during the demonstrations putting the barricades the police will also be given far more $1.00 money doing prove intelligence and also the use of helicopters overflying demonstrations this is not on don gone down

that can lead to lethal injuries where is their quit because so little is chile's president sebastian pinerahas sent all cases of disproportionate police violence must be investigated while it exists aka said the committee any excessive use of force and breach of police protocol work needs to be investigated by the public prosecutor use and brought to justice or. this. but so far little has happened many police officers don't wear id badges that makes it almost impossible to prosecute them for nelson campus that's no longer a priority and we'll. i have children then would i need to be able to work and earn money whether i wanted or not. i need to forget my fears but i'm still full of fear and panic. because of the money go now since life is now dominated by the injuries he received at the hands of the police. ok it was not the 1st place that springs to mind when it comes to surfing the caribbean island does have a vibrant it's modest scene women in the country often find themselves doubly disadvantaged they live show that dominated culture that is led by communist authorities so here's one w

chile's president sebastian pinera has announced new measures to restore order amid the country's worst rioting in 3 decades the measures include tougher penalties for vandalism intensified aerial surveillance and strengthened police intelligence unrest in the capital santiago in recent weeks has left 20 people dead and caused extensive damage. billionaire michael bloomberg is considering entering the 2020 presidential race in the u.s. warning that the current field of candidates is ill equipped to defeat donald trump the former new york mayor has not formally announced his bit but he's expected to run in the democratic primary in the state of alabama france's president emmanuel mccall has taken other european leaders by surprise by criticizing nato in an interview with the economist magazine mccall said the alliance was experiencing brain death he's claimed that the alliance is being undermined by a lack of coordination and by the unpredictability of u.s. president donald trump but chancellor angela merkel and the head of nato. have rejected the remarks. part of the berlin wall is disp

in the capital santiago as police fired tear gas and was counting the demonstrators president sebastian pinera has become the target of the growing anti-government protests people are upset about low incomes or public health care and the increasing gap between rich and poor well early on a lot of america to lucy and human got caught up in the demonstrations while talking to lauren taylor in london nice on top. of that a lot of tear gas a lot of mourning had in near the main area where the protests have begun for the last more than 2 weeks now this protest was called to ask for the resignation of president sebastian pinera a much more a protest than the ones we've seen normally but the police is being very very heavy handed it's not allowing people to congregate and they're basically playing cat and mouse with the security forces. as you can see everybody is running now in this direction. but the do as i say the groups are much smaller than they have been in the last few days but the police for them once is not allowing them to gather at all and it might be because our you know friday's protest

chile's president has announced tougher public order law sebastian pinera wants harsher penalties against rioters and looters at least 20 people have been killed in the last 3 weeks the acting white house chief of staff has been subpoenaed to testify at the impeachment inquiry against us president trump intelligence committee wants him to appear on friday but the white house could exercise executive privilege and block the order on thursday former national security adviser john bolton was a no show at the hearing brazil's top court has overturned a law requiring criminals to go to jail after losing their 1st appeal it means thousands of prisoners including former president luis in last year lula da silva could be released he was jailed in april last year as part of a wide ranging corruption probe at least 9 people have drowned trying to reach spain's canary islands their boat capsized when it hit rocks close to land. facebook has revealed more details on how it plans to protect next year's u.s. election from foreign interference and misinformation measures include securing the accounts of

to effect some sort of mass change chile's president has announced tough public all the laws sebastian pinera wants hausherr penalties against rioters and looters at least 20 people have been killed in the last 3 weeks. all cost student has died after falling near a protest last week vigils have being held across the city police are accused of firing tear gas into the building where he fell from the protests began 5 months ago over an extradition bill but they've now spread to a wider call for political reform. the acting white house chief of staff mick mulvaney has been subpoenaed to testify at the impeachment inquiry the u.s. house intelligence committee wants him to appear on friday but there's a chance the white house will try to block the order or trump's former dog transform our national security advisor john bolton did not show up at the hearing on thursday bolton who was fired in september says he will only testify if a federal court ordered him to do so facebook has revealed more details on how it plans to protect next year's us elections from foreign interference and disinform ation

a group of china and has openly defied a president sebastian pinera threat of a crackdown on violent protests mass demonstrations set fire to a university and looted a church in the capital santiago police fired tear gas and water cannon protest as he responded by throwing rocks at demonstrations began a hike in metro fares have spiraled into anger against the government's economic policies more than 20 people have been killed and nearly 2000 injured over the past 3 weeks a latin america editor lucien human has more from santiago. chile enters day 23 of this social upheaval we are still seeing the 2 faces of these demonstrations on the one hand tens of thousands of people again marching peacefully to plastic italia the main convergence point in midtown santiago while on the periphery of all that there are smaller but very violent groups many of them armed with incendiary devices throwing stones at riot police but also looting and destroying public and private property on this occasion the most significant incident was the setting fire of a more than 100 year old mansion that houses.

the president has announced tougher public order laws sebastian pinera wants harsher penalties against rioters and looters at least 20 people have been killed in the last 3 weeks and see newman has reaction from santiago part of the measures include prohibiting the use of people from covering their faces during the demonstrations putting up barricades the police will also be given far more more money to improve intelligence and also the use of helicopters overflying demonstrations this is not beyond our run down very well with the demonstrators who say that this is just an attempt to try to criminalize the protests while the opposition says that people will continue to protest until the government really gets the message that would people need is substantial change social change any good or make change or the white house chief of staff has been subpoenaed to testify at the impeachment inquiry of u.s. president donald trump but it's unclear if mick mulvaney will attend the house intelligence committee the one wants him to appear on friday but there's a chance the white house will exerci

we begin in chile where group of protesters are openly defying president sebastian pinera threat of tougher security measures against violent protesters mosques demonstrators have set fire to a university in the capital santiago and some a looting and destroying properties past few hours police fired tear gas and water cannon and protesters it flew rocks demonstrations 1st began of a hike in metro fast but have now spiraled into widespread anger against government economic policies. and 20 people have been killed and nearly $2000.00 injured in violence in the past few weeks and not all. demonstrations to be. explained. as chile enters day 23 of this social upheaval we are still seeing the 2 faces of these demonstrations on the one hand tens of thousands of people again marching peacefully. the main convergence point in midtown on the periphery of all that there are smaller but very violent groups many of them armed with incendiary device. riot police. and private property on this occasion. was the setting of. more than 100 year old mansion that houses the university of the firemen took a lo

police violence for the 1st time in the 4 weeks of protests over social and economic inequality sebastian pinera criticised the police he accused them of using excessive force prosecutors are now investigating more than a 1000 allegations of abuse 20000 people have been killed thousands have been injured in the past month last week the government agreed to hold a referendum to replace the current constitution which protesters say discriminates against the poor. during the past 4 weeks chile changed the chileans changed the government changed we have all changed because the social pact under which we have lived cracked down and showed its wounds and cracks we all need to renew the social pact together. they've been 2 explosions in the afghan capital kabul they were suicide bombs and they went off near a military training center the interior ministry says at least 4 members of the security forces were injured. that a language from the defense chief is due to be sworn in as the country's new president quite soon got a buyer rajapaksa oversaw the defeat of the tamil tigers 10 years ago and his campa

chile's president sebastian pinera is refusing to resign after 3 weeks of violent protest police fired water cannon and tear gas on hundreds of people who once again came right on to the streets of the capital santiago demands and better social services and then ends to economic inequality in an interview has said that he would not step down and he wasn't the only one responsible for chile's problems at least 20 people have died during the demonstrations. so to come on al-jazeera expressing anger and hope through art will happen later on iraq's ongoing protests . the community in sierra leone is taking legal action against a diamond mining company find out why. hello there must exist guys across a coastal areas of china the south and the east account is on its way there 5 to the east over the next couple of days but really the bulk of the weather with this is farther to the south and watching a system just sitting in the south china sea producing very heavy amounts of rain across into much of the philippines and that is a side by thursday that is more plants eastwards toward shanghai r

demonstrators saying they're not enough to tackle any holiday or end their calls for president sebastian pinera to resign a lot america is in santiago. that started i'm extremely pleased to be in private either so we have. a short while ago looting began about 150 meters from where we are now there were some vendors and also people with masks that we got just for 0 dollars to cocktails at police they have been responding with massive amounts of tear gas to drive the entire demonstration the way we see thousands and thousands of people leaving many people covering their faces because of the tear gas which we've had we all agree is much stronger than it used to be at the time has been up until now but that many have come back as you could see there's they're refusing to give up they say that it's now or never that there's no turning back now i would say they are think they are very tough by this you could see people running to want to know how to. situation i just want that kind of thing to manage the president right away the capital an opposition party was the exception that. the congress target

to stop 3 weeks of antigovernment protests descending into the rioting and looting president sebastian pinera is proposing to do is to congress to toughen penalties for looting and acts of violence especially by people hiding their faces with hoods and mosques had to protest as attacks upscale areas of the capital santiago on wednesday a series of concession measures have failed to pacify the protest as you are in great economic inequality on latin american at attending see a new impose more from santiago at this hour there are more and more protesters coming precisely to be if you like the one affluent center of santiago this is where the big business offices are where set must campaign yet of the president's office. from where i am right now and just about 20 meters behind me you i can see the water cannon and the tear gas trucks opposition there they've just been dispersing protesting in front of the post i never said there would be in some ways the symbol of opulence of the country with the precisely why the protesters are coming here and a little bit to my right we understand that some l

will begin in chile where a group of protesters are openly defying president sebastian pinera as threat of tougher security measures against violent protesters masked demonstrators have set fire to a university in the capital santiago and some are looting and destroying properties the last few hours police fired tear gas and water cannons protests threw rocks in response demonstrations 1st began over a hike in natural science but have now spiraled into widespread anger against government economic policies more than 20 people have been killed nearly 2000 others injured violence over the past few weeks. well not all demonstrations have been violent in america. as chile enters day 23 of this social upheaval we are still seeing the 2 faces of these demonstrations on the one hand tens of thousands of people again marching peacefully. the main convergence point. on the periphery of all that there are. very violent. armed with. more than 100. firemen took a long time to get there to try to put it out because of the barricades set up. to help but it was too late to stop the whole building from

police firing tear gas and water cannons at demonstrators in santiago comes after president sebastian pinera offer to rewrite the current constitution which dates back to the pinochet era once rewritten the document been put to a public referendum opposition figures have criticized the move saying the vote should be health 1st so that people's views can be considered current as i said dates back to chile's pinochet era which many say excludes protections for social rights in his move was aimed at appeasing demonstrators who have been protesting against income inequality a lot america has more from santiago. the unmistakable sight and sound of the quick cheese national dance. in the same plaza where largest protests are taking place these people came to remind chileans that there are things that unite them all they feel like this is a decisive time it's making us reflect on what we are and what we want to become we need to feel empowered and also take responsibility for the solutions to these. one of them is a new constitution in nearly 4 weeks of unrelenting protests it's widely being seen a

after all of the appeals have been exhausted a group of chileans is openly defied president sebastian pinera threat to crackdown on violent protests police fired tear gas and water cannon at demonstrators who threw rocks and responds many thousands also gathered peacefully to demand economic reforms more than 20 people have been killed in nearly 2008 over the past 3 weeks. and eastern australia 2 people have been killed as firefighters continue to battle a record number of bushfires emergency officials say 7 others are unaccounted for in the eastern states. a rare sign of cooperation between india and pakistan a card or letting indian 6 cross the border to visit one of their holiest sites is being opened 5000 people a day will be able to cross visa free to worship at the grave of citizens founder goodenough anak at fault. well those are the headlines on stay with us the listening post is coming up next thank you for watching one of the really special things about working for al-jazeera is that even as a camera woman i get to have so much input in contribution to a story i feel we cover this

his country is facing a great crisis a national strike brought many regions to a standstill sebastian pinera has called on police reservists to help security forces manage anti government protests and protesters in hong kong are targeting commuters for a 3rd day demonstrators are blocking major roads in the city and trying to shut down trying stations. let's get more now on our top story those developments in bolivia supporters of ousted president. are expressing outrage on condemning what they're calling a coup al-jazeera trees a boat has more for. the past few days have not been easy for people who don't believe u.s. 1st indigenous leader able what alice was forced to resign when the organization of american states or o.e.s. and now fraud had been committed in the presidential election. the military requested that he step down he supporters denounce it is a cool. down in wonka what alice was the man that gave them dignity after years of discrimination. in these years we have seen change we have seen our lives get basic i'm young but i've seen how indigenous people have suffered in this cou

in the past few hours police and fired tear gas and water cannon at demonstrations president sebastian pinera has become the target of the growing anti-government protests people are upset about low incomes poor public health care and the increasing gap between rich and poor earlier out latin america into the sea and human got caught up in the demonstrations while talking to lauren tyler in london. well sure there are a lot of tear gas a lot of mortar cabin near the main area where the protests have begun for the last more than 2 weeks now this protest was called to ask for the resignation of president sebastian pinera a much more a protest than the ones we've seen it normally but the police is being very very heavy handed it's not allowing people to congregate and they're basically playing cat and mouse with the security forces. as you can see everybody is running now in this direction. but the do as i say the groups are much smaller than they have been in the last few days but the police for the once is not allowing them to gather at all and it might be because no fridays protest a small gr

police firing tear gas and water cannon at demonstrators in santiago it comes after president sebastian pineraoffer to rewrite the current constitution which dates back to the pinochet era once very written a new document will be put to a public referendum opposition figures have criticized that move saying the vote should be health 1st so that people's views could be reconsider the headlines keep it here on al-jazeera much more news to come up next whose truth is it anyway hong kong fact and fiction. the dream to take a poll to see would hundreds of fellow was to a tropical paradise. when i when a student is to gates the secretive sect accused of abuse and violence in fiji. on al-jazeera. a. serious thing.

chile's president sebastian pinera says his country. facing a grave crisis after a national strike brought many regions to a standstill thousands of people have been marching in the capital santiago as the country's currency the peso hit a historic low protests began in mid october or at encrease and metro fares but have since grown to really be about social inequality and there has called on police reservists to help security forces manage violent demonstrations and accusations of police brutality against them is traitors are being investigated dozens of protesters say they've been shot in the face by officers firing rubber bullets and pellets what america reports. keeping a pause for a national strike thousands marched all over chile among them was gratifying who says he's striking for his 10 year old daughter. i don't know if the president is blind but we've been protesting olivia chile in the sli to doesn't he has to fix the country. this national strike has been called to continue to demand social reforms in chile as if people have

pushing for a constitutional changes the national strike brought many regions to a standstill sebastian pinera says he wants to overhaul the system of governance to include more public participation protests began nearly a month ago when increasing metro says it has since grown into anger over social inequality emergency services say it will be weeks before they can extinguish all the bushfires sweeping through eastern australia at least 50 homes have been damaged or destroyed in new south wales and what's been labeled catastrophic conditions strong winds and hot air have found the flames but those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after the stream stations that's a lot of. just there are we. believe in the 2 states do you still believe in the 2 state solution we listen what i said was that pakistan would never start a war. we meet with global news makers and tweet about the stories that matter just 0. hi emily and you're in the stream today we're talking about the kalashnikov assault rifle or a k 47 just what makes it the world's most popular don discuss its history and

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out much or take a vacation you know no peaceful twilight years for me here chilean president sebastian pinera is launching social reforms as an antidote to the protests but a majority of demonstrators are calling for his resignation and a change to chile's constitution. well south africa have won the men's rugby world cup in japan the springboks sprang a surprise by defeating favorites england 32 to 12 in the final in yokohama stalking celebrations right across south africa well this was the scene in johannesburg and operation the country's 3rd world cup win. and there was joy in silhouette a township by the victory had special significance off to see a car less a head the 1st black captain to lift the men's trophy for south africa. correspondent spoke with jubilant fans in cape town after the match what a performance of the springboks during that waltz cup and what a clear victory in the final in the end of the day and kept on but also throughout the country the celebrations have now started because this is the good news that south africa was this was the waiting for. her. resume but certain

demonstrators have again taken to the streets to demand major reforms despite new concessions from sebastian pinera as gov.

police and protesters have again clashed in the chilean capital santiago after president sebastian pinera ruled out stepping down mass demonstrations over economic inequality of rocks for the past 3 weeks and calls for panetta to resign have grown louder at least 18 people have died since the protests broke out. in venezuela hyper inflation is a leading factor that is crippling the economy this month nicolas maduro government announced an increase in the minimum wage for the 6th time since to change the currency last year but that's still only equivalent to a few u.s. dollars per month despite these measures venezuela has not been able to overcome its economic crisis and it seems even making it worse in this report we explore what you can buy in venezuela with this new minimum monthly income. it's supposed to give venezuelans more purchasing power the latest hike in the minimum wage means workers will receive $150000.00 in cash they also get another $150000.00 in food stamps each month sounds like a lot to me but what can you actually buy with it. viz 3 bottles of water and 2 bread rolls

chilean president sebastian piñera is launching social reforms as an antidote to the protests but a majorityof demonstrators are calling for his resignation and a change to chile's constitution now south africa have won the men's rugby world cup in japan the springboks sprang a surprise by defeating favorites england 32 to 12 in the final in yokohama sparking celebrations across south africa and this was the scene in johannesburg as people celebrated the country's 3rd world cup where. there was joy in a so wet a township where the victory had a special significance off to see a car lisi became the 1st black captain to base the men's trophy for south africa. correspondent spoke with jubilant fans in cape town after the match. what a performance of the springboks during that waltz cup and what a clear victory in the final in the end of the day and kept on but also throughout the country the celebrations have now started because this is the good news that south africa was this with me waiting for. the iraqi. wounds 6 but suddenly wouldn't you got. this. chance united we shall be. out of it that