General strike maintains pressure on Belarusian president

Workers, students and pensioners heed a call from Belarus's exiled opposition leader for a march against Alexander Lukashenko. Demonstrators are calling for the president's resignation.

Also in the programme: Thousands celebrate in the streets of Chile's capital following a vote to rewrite the country's constitution; the head of the French government's scientific advisory council estimates 100,000 new coronavirus cases daily in the country; and the United States Senate is set to confirm Donald Trump's latest pick for the Supreme Court.

(Photo: A woman attends an opposition rally in Minsk on Monday. Credit: Reuters)