A National Security adviser fails to appear before the impeachment inquiry john bolton says he will testify only if cleared by a court. And lessons on how to save nature italy becomes the 1st country to make comment change a compulsory subjects in Public Schools. We begin in iraq where police a fardon and see government protesters in the Southern City of basra killing at least 7 people demonstrators have been staging a sit in for days blocking the entrance to the ports of only cusser many iraqi cities have been gripped by weeks of Anti Government protests this anger over a lack of Public Services corruption and unemployments well in iraqs capital at least 6 more protesters were shot dead on thursday clashes broker. I told him she has a bridge for Security Forces used live fire against demonstrates his mama gemstone has more from baghdad. Security forces used live fire on protesters outside of government buildings there there are also reports that some protesters may have been trying to storm government buildings and bus are of course the main source of iraqs oil well demonstrations as you indicated have been going on there and not just port also you had thousands of demonstrators that are gathering around other Government Installations you had a group in the past few days to block the entrance the bus the provinces and also the oil refinery you had official to come out in the past few days saying that this type of activity is costing the government billions of dollars so attention continuing to rise about that we must stress so that we have not been able to get any type of government confirmation yet with regard to these latest reports be it did in basra the violence there for the violence that you spoke about in baghdad there are these reports now in baghdad that several antigovernment protesters have 24 hours have been shot all of this happening against this backdrop where you had iraqs military spokesman saying on wednesday that Security Forces had been ordered not to use live fire on demonstrators and Major General abizaid couldnt call that had told reporters at a press conference on wednesday he had said to avoid any confusion clear and strict instructions have been handed down but no live ammunition being used orders have also been given to not allow any live ammunition on the scene of protests. Well a crackdown against mostly unarmed protesters just kills more than 260 people since on my spoke last month the test again has more from the iraqi capital. Or says he came to Tucker Square with his brother abas ismail on october 1st ready to push for change carried him out that day after a tear gas canister sliced open his stomach the unemployed teacher died last week from complications related to his injury on a visit the thought when i hold his photo i feel like hes with me just like he came with me to the protest i want to avenge his death by playing the politics among the protesters there are people like nasir hashem trying to scrape together a living one shining shoe and one step on the scale at a time nasser says he supports the protesters but he cant afford to join them despite the crowds he says few are interested in perfectly polished shoes the father of 5 from basra has been forced to leave his family behind to work in the capital its a very difficult situation there are no jobs if you have money to bribe someone and you will get a job if you dont theyll tell you to go the oil rich province of basra has been the scene of violent protests people block the entrance to the port halting operations for days the government says thats cost iraq more than 6000000000. 00 protesters say that revenue is being looted by the government they are getting is for services pollution and cancer. Intact rear there is a congenial spirit as people bond over their love of iraq and their common cause to create a government that is responsive to their needs people are coming here to offer their Services Free of charge salem says he supports 3 families but he felt compelled to help in the one way he knew how now i want to head up on i came here with a group of my friends to look off to the protest outside the. Can continue to try to provide them with everything. So they dont go on friday Tahrir Square could see its largest crowds yet protesters are encouraging iraqis to call in memory of those whove been killed according to the u. N. About 300 people have been killed since the protests began on october 1st the talks are going to aim there of baghdad. Chileans have to find measures to clamp down on violence and cost with the Police Government demonstrations over inequality are continuing for a 3rd week president Sebastian Pinera proposed laws that would toughen penalties for looting and rioting in latin america editor the senior man reports from santiago. Its been 21 days of mass disturbances and demonstrations in chile and amid mounting criticism for not controlling the violence that often accompanies peaceful protests president s have us jumping it addressed the nation with a series of measures getting. We want to announce a public agenda to strengthen public order and better safeguard our Citizens Security weve 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 ones face including Andrew Stevens the role of Intelligence Services and the use of helicopters during 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 organized groups who are acting in a directed way we need to investigate this so that we can find the leaders of these violent groups who are causing destruction are intelligent system wasnt prepared for this type of violence and the threat of higher penalties hasnt dissuaded protesters. Perhaps not surprisingly the president s new an outreach of security measures coincides with the mass demonstrations revving up down to an area that had been considered off limits a kind of always is a piece in the middle of 3 weeks of demonstrations because you can see this area which is the epicenter if you like the headquarters of the biggest businesses in the country are now being closed and surrounded by protesters. While most protest is insist they dont support violence some argue the current upheaval is a necessary evil. If it doesnt it Pacifica Piniella says he listens to peaceful protests but what about those who have been demonstrating for more than 4 years but better pensions if those who started those protests had written a letter to the president instead of rushing the metro with the president listened no. While the called for a rare emergency meeting of chiles National SecurityCouncil Opposition members and demonstrators accuse the president of trying to criminalize the protests while others lamented that he had not been so energetic about increasing penalties to curtail police brutality. The you see in human aljazeera santiago. Well lets get more on this from chuck walker hes a professor of history and the director of the hemispheric institutes on the americas at university of california davis he joins us now on skype from davis California Kids have you with us on aljazeera lets just start with the situation in chile it was regarded as one of the wealthiest most stable countries in latin america why do you think its come to this. I think its because the just deep breath ration but inequality its been years and years of smaller prose grotesque pacific efforts. Drive the change of constitution into attack inequality has happened so what seemed like a minor incident about that a small increase in affairs in the beloved metro system has sparked now 3 weeks of a variety of very creative and increasingly violent protests and these protests is have focused their ire somewhat so on president pinera they are demanding his resignation demands that have gone unanswered of course. How much of this is seen pierre is fault. Well hes very unpopular he has not handled this at all well its popularity is going down he answered a very tough hand you know what with the repression and middies are modern groups have just been horrified by seeing you know young young people beat on the streets reports of detentions violence and and rapes and such and Sexual Violence really gets women people recall the terrible years of you know chase and theres a lot of echoes there a lot of political humor about this so hes handled it on all fronts at a quite poorly he also i think now is trying to win over time thinking that people will get a tired of the protests and that the protests will go away if its proven wrong being stronger and stronger and the patients now is that the ira is going against him and but if the if the problems are really underlying economic a shes i mean have they soared in the past 2 years or or is the president some kind of scapegoat here. Well i think its partly a scapegoat or a symbol of the very rich man a very affluent americans but its what is now i mean you know today calling them organized crime and such but its also just a general protest against privatization there are people are saying the inequality is getting worse but also you know gauging Public Services all been privatized all are expensive or seemingly expensive. So its been building i feel that its been year to be certainly is the symbol ok corker a great sick at your thoughts thank you so much for joining us there from San Francisco thank you. Brazils top court sus decided to overturn a law requiring convicted criminals to go to jail after losing their 1st a pill that means thousands of prisoners including former president that the silver could be released he was children april last year is par for wide ranging corruption proved on thursday Supreme Court decision means those freed would stay out of jail until all their appeals have been exhausted. And of quake in northwestern iran has killed 3 people and injured 20 others the magnitude 5. 9 quake struck the town of his street in East Azerbaijan province thats just over 100 kilometers from the city of tire breeze irans press t. V. Is reporting 8 rescue teams have been deployed to the area around of course is prone to earthquakes. Theres plenty more still to come on the news hour including helpless and terrified by families of people who died in an attack on miners in picking a fossil fear of more violence well tell you why this mayor in bolivia was dragged through the streets. Is an effort to unify professional track and field athletes from around the world so it does have a voice. And calls from a mole salem began World Champion for athletes to unionize for a different triple jumper Christian Taylor about its his new initiative. That the former National Security advisor to donald trump has failed to appear before the impeachment inquiry into the president s john bolton was formally asked to testify on thursday but his lawyer says his client wants appear voluntarily bolton it was far by President Trump and septembers says he would all be willing to testify if a federal court back to congressional directive asking him to do so will impeachment inquiry senses on whether President Trump abused his power by pressure in ukraine to investigate his political rival joe biden. And the transcripts of the testimony of a state Department Official who appeared before the inquiry last month has also been released george kent says he was told to keep his head down on ukraine by senior colleagues as despite the country being parts of his portfolio he also criticized the apparent influence of the president s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani it shaping ukraine policy its the 4th transcripts to be released from the inquiry will lead to gallagher joins us now live from washington d. C. And to just talk us through the latest revelations to come out of the impeachment inquiry what have we learned. Oh well the fact that john bolton was a no show is not really much of a surprise to the democrats that was an expected move on his part despite the fact he would have been a fairly key witness given his senior position with president but essentially the democrats are now moving into a completely different phase of these impeachment proceedings next week 3 key witnesses will go to open public hearings now that gives the democrats a real chance to shape the narrative of the story talk to 3 people very closely attached to ukraine one of them being there the former ambassador maria you have one of each so this is a real opportunity for the democrats its a completely different game come next week because the American Public will be able to watch these people whose depositions weve already heard whove already been very critical of what President Trump is alleged to have tried to do in other words withholding military aid until the ukraine investigated political rivals so this is a whole new game come next wednesday when those 1st people appear in public because it will be on t. V. Across the world so john bolton is probably not going to appear in these proceedings but the 3 witnesses next week will be key in these proceedings meanwhile theres more pressure on President Trump after his foundation was fined 2000000. 00 tell us more. Well this is a Trump Foundation the judge essentially decided that President Trump was using his charity to further his own business and political needs they came up with a couple of examples they use money from the foundation to settle lawsuits at his golf course in florida he even had a portrait a 10000. 00 portrait painted using Charity Money and also his Campaign Team in 2016 was partnering up with that Charitable Foundation and the run up to the Iowa Caucuses those are all things that shouldnt happen charities are tightly regulated is for the 2000000. 00 fine i will go to an array of different charities in the foundation of course is now gone because of the political ties with the president and his family and i think this is a story that would be getting a lot more attention if not for these impeachment proceedings and to get out of here joining us live there from washington d. C. Thank you very much indeed. Well Michael Isikoff is such chief investigative correspondent for you he nice and he says john boltons absence isnt a surprise if youre john bolton to show up today for his testimony he had the same lawyer he has the same lawyer and his deputy his former Deputy Charles complement who actually sued went to court seeking a judicial order as to whether or not he has to testify in response to a subpoena when the white house has directed them not to because of executive privilege grounds that the committee the democrats have now withdrawn that subpoena because they did not see a favorable outcome coming from the judge who was assigned to that case he was a republican appointee a judge leon and they were afraid that the judge was not going to give the direct order for mr kopper men that they wanted so once they leave withdrew that they basically said were not going to force this in court right now that affects mr gold bolton who will almost certainly not be testifying before the house the real question though is what happens when this goes to a trial in the senate and. Whether i think its very likely that there will be a requests by the democrats to bring mr bolton as a witness before a senate trial and i think the calculus there changes and we could well end up hearing mr boltons testimony it will be quite dramatic in a trial before the u. S. Senate. French president tomorrow mccraw has criticized nato calling it brain dead in an interview with the economist magazine mccrone warned European Countries they can nor longer rely on the United States to defend the alliance he says the u. S. Under donald trump appears to be turning its back on its commitment to nato german chancellor Angela Merkel says she disagrees with macros quote drastic words alternative gourds ears a former Georgian Deputy foreign minister he says other nato Members Around likely to agree with my craw. Even we if we can agree on the currency analysis about the problematic issues inside nato such as the american and the man american president s attitudes towards this organization the problems with 30 i think his. Conclusions or any of the solutions hes proposing are quite radical and they chose to remain the most powerful Defense Alliance in the world. If you for just look at the military budgets and the military capacities of the countries that are involved in this Organization Organization they are still far far ahead. Had their their immediate competitors like china russia or some other countries if he wants to replace nato with the idea of European Defense our i think france will be almost alone in this in this project be