Opposition and seychelles has won the president ial guard. Now Security Forces in iraq have fired tear gas a protest as were trying to get into baghdads fortified green zone. As you can see thousands of antigovernment protesters are back on the streets of the capital after suspending their demonstrations because of coronavirus restrictions the protests against corruption and unemployment 1st began a year ago and now hundreds of people have been killed since then of course wanted to mount a full term is following all those developments for us on the ground in baghdad. Has been from violence just about a half an hour ago on the republican bridge which is if you go behind us to the left which crosses over to the green zone which houses a federal government offices there was a group of protesters would price controls be concrete barricades there are several levels of property bear fruit. 3 i believe so they crossed the 1st barricade at which point the Security Forces the boys here gas to push them back in the protesters subsequently weave through were were not hearing at this point of any faith or any of the lethal violence of the 60 claimed lives of our protesters so far only here gas well less have been used to repel protesters were tried to penetrate the fortified green zone but just so far there are no casualties of course it remains to be seen what will happen once the evening from u. T. V. Things escalate when the front goes down here in baghdad. The last years protests in iraq with the largest Antigovernment Movement since the fall of Saddam Hussein back in 2003 the capitals to risk where that you saw that with someone became its epicenter hundreds of thousands demonstrated demanding a change in the way that iraq is run they accuse their leaders of corruption lack of jobs and of being too close to iran at least 600. 00 protesters were killed thousands more injured in the months of unrest the Movement Lost momentum then came to a stop because of coronavirus restrictions boss it did force the resignation of Prime Minister monti in november iraqs new leaders however have yet to deliver a major reforms in a country where the well bank says one in 3 young people are unemployed but ali i spoke to zaid and hes a an analyst in research specializing identity politics in iraq he says even a year after the protest movement fast broke out it still remains powerful your rock are. The same. With you. They use is its very well organized its very theyre very aware of you so the revolution is a useless Grassroots Movement that is standing up against the political elite whether it is and the government and the militias or Political Parties that are governing or controlling or influencing the iraqi political arena and economics from beyond the Government People activists peaceful activists where so far get the director there was still kidnapped and assassinated throughout the past month just as were the b. One year commemoration of the anniversary of the october revolution not much has changed maybe in the early stages of the d whole revolution last year we saw the resignation of the Prime Minister and the announcement of a possible as a nation by the president these are symbolic achievements of the youth whosis mobile home or revolution in iraq yet we dont have just the changes you saw over the lucian currently is not only focusing on are you seeing the committee go status quo in iraq but it also demanding to get the justice of the children of the assassinated Peace Process there is the whole the 600 peaceful purposes was killed since last year Prime Minister most of us called the me promise to set up a committee to investigate the theyre behind the assassinations of those Peaceful Protesters and nothing has been put forward to the public. When protesters have also gathered in the thai capital bangkok after their demand for the Prime Minister to resign by saturday was not met Prime Minister pride chano chest says he will not quit demonstrators say his hold on power as an adjustment after last chance disputed elections theyve been holding mass protests to weeks now calling for the reform of the government and of the monarchy our correspondent tony chang has more on the ground from this protest in bangkok. The deadline for the promise to resign resign was last night at 10 pm he didnt say and as promised the protest is a come out again in large numbers but it has been rather a different protest today if you Wander Around the protest site loss of different speeches going on not the central focus that weve seen in the build up to to the loss of that to the last couple of weeks in addition to which a lot of the tension that we saw particularly culminating in Water Cannons and riot police thats dissipated to the old guard is clearly taken the choice to move back there are police here but theyre standing well back from the protest site and transport lines into the city havent been tarred as they were last weekend people are coming and going in fact people are still shopping here this is the central shopping district and bank of people still going to the shopping malls and having a look at the speeches going on at the protest site but the message is still very clear they want the Prime Minister else they want reform of the monarchy and weve been hearing that echoed very strongly by the protesters all off and all calls are growing for the release of 12 hong kong activists arrested by chinese officials over their involvement in the prodemocracy Movement Hundreds have been protesting in taipei the group was arrested at sea while trying to get there by boat or guest members of the group are accused of manufacturing explosives arson and rioting in hong kong and now protesters and valorous say the time is up for president Alexander Lukashenko to resign police have fired tear gas and arrested dozens of people in the western town of leda thousands are rallying ahead of a midnight deadline given by the opposition nearest atlanta to come skier she says a must step down or face a crippling general strike came to victory in a disputed election in august. Now the United Nations and the African Union have both strongly condemned an attack on a school in cameroon at least 8 students were killed 13 seriously injured it happened in the Southwest City of. A gruesome attack on children who were only trying to get an education armed men carrying guns and machetes enters a bilingual school on saturday saw students in class and opened fire. On the students each 12 to 14 years didnt stand a chance isabel dions daughter was shot in the stomach and fortunately survived when i run in there and i made my child she. Said and i told him it is only a gun see if you know. This act of violence against a school and School Children could constitute a crime against humanity no group has claimed responsibility the boy could i have always felt. Its unclear whether the attack was linked to separate the spiders active in the south west and northwest 2 English Speaking provinces that have long complained of discrimination by the french speaking majority think. By the presidency and. Being attacked and children ready being ready. As ready. And live on separatists have boycotted Public Schools for the past 4 years as part of their protests against president paul b. As government leaving hundreds of thousands of children out of school earlier this month the boycotts eased and schools reopened only for students to fall victim to this attack and schapelle aljazeera well earlier i spoke to her hes the president of the center for human rights and democracy in africa speaking in cameroon he says this attack is a horrific escalation and the countrys long simmering divisions. Its clearly. Part of the bigger conflict that us of the. English speaking region for the last 4 years going by the outcome of American Society consults you started a part is that more. Of his model and also as a result if he has to govern it one of the trademarks of the protests has been schoolboy got on the last 3 years the kids were not really going to school if you were going in some of the if thats what is the most of the Civil Society does undergo events and those who are gone on the grounds call for. Schools that gives that in conditions but also there were a few groups which were against kids going to school so these of given might fall within the jaw awful the fact that some group did not want kids to just school and also the flood that it might be some powerplay dont forget also of a few weeks ago your kid was yelling and his body was exposed in kumars so he could also be something we all know that you know the giving of generality not who. Sponsored it easy but if you cut that kid into from the lives. Of us the man of the people you know it would be one of the norms if but are responsible for these atrocities now an International Treaty to Ban Nuclear Weapons has been given the final ratification that me its on saturday 158 countries are ratify that u. N. Treaty and that sets off a 90 day countdown to take effect the lives been praised by activists but the u. S. And other Nuclear Powers remain strongly opposed to it and i spoke to Rebecca Johnson she is the founding president of the International Campaign to abolish Nuclear Weapons which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize back in 2017 she says this treaty it will impact countries which had Nuclear Weapons. Well the nonproliferation treaty only had 3 of the Nuclear Countries on it when it entered into force and it took some of them actually france and china in particular some 20 years and other Nuclear StatesIndia Pakistan israel never joined never signed and north korea also as we know has been trying to to test and acquire Nuclear Weapons so we have 9 problems state as far as International Security is concerned with the threats and the mate major risks and dangers from Nuclear Weapons now that the treaties and to enforce we have the legal and normative instrument and its backed by a growing number of states not just the 84 who signed that but many more in the pipeline what we have to do is Work Together as happens with all treaties to build up and a verification and implementation system and to bring those additional states on board now i can has already been persuading cities all around the world including washington d. C. And los angeles and paris and and manchester and edinburgh here in the u. K. And many more around the world to sign support statements that they want to get their governments to bring to sign and to bring into force of the treaty probe it prohibiting Nuclear Weapons now these are powerful important cities why they signed because cities a target in nuclear war and it would cause a massive humanitarian catastrophe if any Nuclear Weapon by accident or by intention were used in in any of our towns and cities around the world. Well still ahead from here on out as theyre hoping for change protesters in chile make a final push as polls open for a referendum that could rewrite the constitution. Comedies comedy outdoors indoors and damage apocalypse. Time when the. Comedians and their audiences are coming together while social distancing. From. The weather is lousy set fare across a good part of northern and eastern asia at the moment 60 clear skies for many a very active weather system has moved away from japan one or 2 showers little legacy of showers coming back in behind across the northern half of japan but nothing much to speak of so essentially plenty of or some sunshine coming through meanwhile we got more the way of autumn sunshine coming in across parts of south asia as well clear skies up towards bangladesh pushing over into the northeast of india things squatting down nicely here some showers down towards the the far south east want to show is more the where showers op across that western side of indian as you go on. Wednesday tuesday wednesday a similar picture notice the winds starting to feed their way in from a northeasterly direction says signs of the summer raising but southwest the monsoon the northeast the monsoon the respect to see this time of year now starting to show its hand and the Indian Met Department are talking about that setting in sometime around about whedons state officially across the south further north astroid it is settled it means we have got more fog and smoke problems across northern parts of india particularly into new delhi where the air quality remains particularly poor this week. Dissecting the headlines in the midst of a pandemic lets start with some of the ground realities affecting the News Coverage whats the lay of the land there stripping away the spam reaping story about president ial corruption it is real reporting its not and youre challenging assumptions and the official line. We dont want to. Get to and its the listening post now to 0. Hello there i missed all the attack and lets remind you about top stories here this hour Security Forces in iraq have fired tear gas the protest of trying to get into baghdads fortified green zone demonstrations against corruption and unemployment 1st began a year ago now hundreds of people have been killed since the. United nations and the African Union have condemned an attack on School Children in southwest camera at least 8 children have been killed 13 of the seriously injured the group has claimed responsibility. And International Treaty to Ban Nuclear Weapons has gone the final russification that needs to come into force in 90 days on saturday on jurist became the 50th countries russia 5 the u. N. Treaty the move has been strongly opposed by the u. S. Now the opposition candidate in seychelles has won the president ial election in an upset that the Electoral Commission says weve all run color one has gained more than 55 percent of total votes cost its the 1st president ial win for the opposition in more than 40 years since independence from britain well yes but theres always bibi a former opposition member of parliament he says theres hope that a new government can bring about change in seychelles. It is a very important victory folo the opposition. Its been almost 43 years since the last. Not the last bear we have we have had a one party state. And. President just the. Opposition has been standing for the presidency for the last 5 and we are happy that the situation us change and it is good for the se shows and its good will for the people but the shift has come not as a result of the youth because. Of the high call old people but they passed and now we have the youth but its significant in the sense that we i ness attrition today especially for the new government its a situation where you are coming in where you have to live in 1000 and you have a ship which has lost its engine a ship which ones lost this rishon and its moving towards the show its how do we move forward this is a challenging time for the opposition but i am confident that the new government will be able to meet the challenges of the of the new era to bring say shares into the to the show. Now president anwar trumps when 4 years ago was partly down to a key creep of viruses white suburban women in the u. S. But as he bids for another time in office its unclear whether he has what it takes to win the way that this time around wasnt gotten reports. 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I say damn neighborhood ok Donald Trumps campaign is faced with a problem polls say the president is losing a key part of his base suburban white women voters to his democratic rival joe biden in a recent Washington Post poll 62 percent said they were planning to vote for biden versus just 34 percent for trump you know instead of just being a candidate and having of the candidates record to run on we have 4 years of a trump record is women i think largely viewed as a failure on a number of levels and i think thats going to and of encourage them to show up make sure we dont have another 4 years of political experts say in 2016 republican women overlooked trumps massage any because they liked his conservative Economic Policy but this year these voters are alarmed by the collapse of the economy. As well as by trumps apparent stoking of racial tensions in the country they say what matters most is the president s handling of the covert 19 pandemic he has really lost that group of women with their concerns over the coronavirus the health of their families women or more birth. By by the child care by the educational difficulties by their parents being in situations so he has l