through its supreme council expressed the will to join armenia the republic of armenia besides i would like to highlight that. tend not be as they are by john for a simple reason at the time of the collapse of the soviet union just like azerbaijan gained independence from the soviet union in exactly the same manner in the autonomous region in the. exercise its rights constitutional and legal rights over the then soviet union to gain independence from the soviet union and azerbaijan's position on the issue boils down to 3 storing or to a need to restore the soviet school which is simply impossible. promise that time is against us but one more quick one question before we finish on the domestic situation you remain very popular in the popularity the brought you to power. during the revolution is still that not as popular as you were we understand there have been some small protests against tax policy tax reform calls education minister. i'm sorry to pinion paul. i'm just reflecting what we've seen in local coverage you are popular i give you that prime minister your is . not i'm not insi

through its supreme council expressed the will to join armenia the republic of armenia besides i would like to highlight that. tend not be as they are by john for a simple reason at the time of the collapse of the soviet union just like azerbaijan gained independence from the soviet union in exactly the same manner in the autonomous region of the. exercise its rights constitutional and legal rights over the then soviet union to gain independence from the soviet union and azerbaijan's position on the issue boils down to 3 storing or to a need to restore the soviet school which is simply impossible. promise the time is against the sport one more quick one question before we finish on the domestic situation you remain very popular in the popularity the brought you to power. during the revolution is still that not as popular as you were we understand there have been some small protests against tax policy tax reform education minister. i'm sorry. opinion poll. i'm just reflecting what we've seen in local coverage you are popular i give you that prime minister your is. not i'm not insisting

through its supreme council expressed the will to join armenia the republic of armenia besides i would like to highlight that. tend not be as they are by john for a simple reason at the time of the collapse of the soviet union just like azerbaijan gained independence from the soviet union in exactly the same manner in the autonomous region of the. exercise its rights constitutional and legal rights over the then soviet union to gain independence from the soviet union and azerbaijan's position on the issue boils down to 3 storing or through to a need to restore the soviet school which is simply impossible. promise that time is against the sport one more question before we finish on the domestic situation you remain very popular in the popularity the brought you to power. during the revolution is still that not as popular as you were we understand there have been some small protests against tax policy tax reform education minister. i'm sorry. opinion poll. i'm just reflecting what we've seen in local coverage you are popular i give you that prime minister yours. i'm not insisting i'm jus

relations with armenia. there are treaties signed with political military and army is also part of of treaty organization and president putin made it clear that russia is going to own ever in each agreement. it's absolutely clear clear message to one of the principles that i think it's important for russia and. russia's policies in caucasus and i salute that because this showing that russia is a reliable partner the 2nd thing is that russia also has good relations with azerbaijan russia has very good relations with other budge on a very good relations with armenia because so much balance that the 2 sides can trust to russia as a mediator. and that's very important as not only that 2 sides can trust the media . that side the 3rd side which is russian federation he's taking the very hard responsibility responsibility of being a mediator it's not easy so it's trust and responsibility that brings sides together to start talking and basically i hope that we will. finally a cease fire and then we'll start building

me or you can agree with me i will never agree with this more than 2 years ago a new government in armenia rose to power and the so-called velvet revolution which raised hopes of fundamental democratic reform and a thought in relations with azerbaijan over the long disputed territory the borno car about now the region has been hit by the worst fighting in decades and a cease fire remains elusive with both sides to like to blame my guest this week from a year of on is armenian foreign minister of the store of manasseh kanya how much responsibility does armenia bear for the conflicts escalation. armenian foreign ministers or of the not the congo on welcome to conflict zone thank you very much there is currently fighting in the disputed region of nagorno-karabakh off which is governed by ethnic armenians but which is recognized as part of azerbaijan by the international community hundreds have already been reported dead you have been part of talks to broker to cease fires in that regard and yet the fighting continues what responsibility does armenia and the forces in the region which you back

for the kind of agree with me i would never agree with this more than 2 years ago a new government in armenia rose to power and the so-called velvet revolution which raised hopes of fundamental democratic reforms and a thaw in relations with azerbaijan over the long disputed territory nagorno-karabakh now the region has been hit by the worst fighting in decades and a cease fire remains elusive with both sides deflecting play my guess this week from year of on is armenian foreign ministers or of manasseh kanya how much responsibility does our media bear for the conflicts escalation. armenian foreign ministers or of not the congo on welcome to conflict zone thank you very much there is currently fighting in the disputed region of nagorno-karabakh off which is governed by ethnic armenians but which is recognized as part of azerbaijan by the international community hundreds have already been reported dead you have been part of talks to broker to cease fires in that regard and yet the fighting continues what responsibility does armenia and the forces in the region which you back bear for the conti

a week of hostilities between armenia and azerbaijan brings devastation to. shelling of the local capital r.t. reports from the area 2 massive explosions in the very center of the city 250 caliber so it is a massive rocket. the fighting spills. a border city. fire also in the stories that shaped this week. i'm not here to call out everybody knows he's a liar there's nothing smart about you joe what do you. know your number to the 1st presidential debates before the u.s. election descended into name calling on interruptions the 2nd round whoever is now and donald trump coronavirus. and environmental groups warn. disaster in russia as a probe is launched into talks killing. bringing you. stories from the past 7 days and right up to the minute developments as well this is the weekly on r.t. international hello. we start with the conflict between armenia and azerbaijan which has now entered a 2nd week but disputed region of the go to cutback is being relentlessly shelled these are some of the latest pictures we've received from the local councils showing burning

coming up on the program a week of hostilities between armenia and azerbaijan brings devastation tonight. with relentless shelling of the local t.v. reports from the area 2 massive explosions in the. city 250 millimeter. it is a massive rocket the fighting spills beyond the disputed region a border city and hit by artillery fire also in the stories. i'm not here to call on everybody knows he's a liar there's nothing smart about you joe what do you. know your number to the presidential debates before the u.s. election into name calling on interruptions the 2nd round however is now a. coronavirus. an environmental groups war. is launched into toxic chemicals. bringing your recount of the top stories from the past 7 days on right up to the minute developments as well this is the weekly on r.t. hello and welcome. we start with the conflict between armenia and azerbaijan which has not entered a 2nd week the disputed region of nagorno-karabakh is being relentlessly shelled these are some of the latest pictures we have from the local council showing burning cars residential buildings have been

peace excuse me i cannot agree with i will never agree with more than 2 years ago a new government in armenia rose to power in the so-called velvet revolution which raised hopes of fundamental democratic reform and i saw in relations with azerbaijan over the long disputed territory the borno car about now the region has been hit by the worst fighting in decades and a cease fire remains elusive with both sides like to blame my guest this week from the arab on is armenian foreign minister and saurabh and not the kind how much responsibility does armenia bear for the conflict escalation. armenian foreign minister is aware of but not the congo on welcome to conflict zone thank you very much there is currently fighting in the disputed region of nagorno-karabakh off which is governed by ethnic armenians but which is recognized as part of azerbaijan by the international community hundreds have already been reported dead you have been part of talks to broker to cease fires in that regard and yet the fighting continues what responsibility does armenia and the forces in the region which you back bear f

this is these are the top stories a ceasefire between armenia and azerbaijan is under threat with both sides accusing the other of heavy shelling in civilian areas at least 8 people have been killed in the latest fighting over the disputed region of the go no kind of back and notorious police unit in nigeria is being disbanded for the full time after days of nationwide protests the special anti robbery squad is accused of torture murder and unlawful arrests the tanzania in governments being accused of political oppression ahead of this month's general election a mistake international says the law is being weaponized to crackdown on opposition figures and journalists the us president donald trump says he no longer has quote a virus and believes he's immune he made the comments a day after receiving company. has more from washington d.c. . given the vague information or lack of information from the doctors and giving no more information on on sunday it's left donald trump to tweet he's basically saying that he is fine that he can no longer get the virus he's claiming he's immune and that

this is deja vu news of live from berlin armenia and azerbaijan trade overnight missile strikes multiple civilians are killed or injured in their sleep as fighting flares up again over the disputed region of nagorno-karabakh bringing with it fears that last week's russian brokered cease fire has all but broken down and. a stark warning from the german chancellor angela merkel says difficult months lie ahead and calls on germans to work together as coronavirus cases surged to their highest level since the pandemic began. new zealand could show and i might have it right at the port and related things here was the story for new zealand's prime minister just into our journey and she secures a landslide win in the country's general election. welcome to the program as a buyer john has vowed to take revenge after an alleged armenian missile strike killed at least 12 people and wounded dozens meanwhile our media says azerbaijan has continued to shell populated areas within the disputed. region both sides accuse each other of violating a truce brokered by russia last week fighting broke out over

the headlines this morning possible peace in the making armenia and azerbaijan agree a cease fire in the disputed nagorno-karabakh region after more than 10 hours of talks here in moscow. a cease fire is announced from 12 pm on the 10th of a humanitarian purposes. pre-election chaos the 2nd u.s. presidential debate was canceled after donald trump refused to participate online clemmie skewered of. democrats though claimed his health makes him unfit for office generally. frustration boils over new restrictions because of. mass protests in many countries and global health officials say could lead to further spread of the disease. very concerned about the. region because it could be kong. soon a resurgence in 2 arrives in transmission of. russia this weekend saturday october the tense my name is kevin world news center with the latest for you for the next hour this morning if you can stick around with me than to take you through the stories in the big news that we're covering certainly and we will be throughout the day is this a breakthrough with hopes of a lasting truce a deal has been

for the past week tens of thousands of people have been demonstrating in the soviet armenia. global audiences 1st learned of nagorno-karabakh in the late 1980 s. when the soviet union began to fray at the edges but this conflict goes way back. in the 1920 s. the soviets invaded the nature to reclaim parts of the fallen czarist empire our media and azerbaijan became soviet republics ruled by moscow and had their borders drawn up by joseph stalin he made nagorno-karabakh part of azerbaijan despite its armenian majority leaving a problem for future generations to solve. when the u.s.s.r. broke up the war broke out resulting in armenia taking control of newborn apparel and then something that war ended in 1994 with a cease fire no peace treaty. a quarter of a century later azerbaijan which has been building up its military and now outmatch is army and resume talks stillings. azerbaijan. this conflict was frozen the 70 years without ever being sold by the side. a 3rd power of the soviet union came in and imposed its will by occupying both countries when it flared up again the arme

fighting escalates over nagorno-karabakh armenia is blamed for a missile attack that's killed at least 13 people in azerbaijan 2nd largest city. watching al-jazeera live from a headquarters in doubt hi i'm dead now but it's also ahead still demanding change protesters return to the streets in lebanon after a year of political and economic turmoil. thousands of protesters in the thai capital defy government warnings and a transit shutdown. voters in new zealand reward just into arder and for a decisive response to cope with 19 with the biggest mandate in decades. hello fighting has escalated in the conflict over the disputed region of nagorno-karabakh a week after a cease fire between azerbaijan and armenia took effect. has accused armenia of deliberately attacking civilians in the city of ganja with a missile that killed at least 13 people armenians defense ministry says it did not fire towards a page on several reports. assessing the damage from the air and missile strike destroyed at least 20 buildings in ganja azerbaijan 2nd largest city of 300000 people or so. we've been living in

a week of hostilities between armenia and azerbaijan bringing devastation to the capital of mccormack with shelling of the city ongoing r.t. reports from the ground. you massive explosions in the very center of the city 250 millimeter caliber it is a massive rocket. the fighting spills beyond the disputed region as a bordering a very city comes under artillery fire. among a lot of lies everybody knows he's a liar there's nothing smart about you joe what you should i don't think he's an excuse well there's no your number to go to. the 1st presidential debate before the u.s. election this ended in to name calling and interruptions the 2nd round however is now in doubt after donald trump contract and the coronavirus. been watching the weekly here on our team for national where we bring you a roundup of the top stories from the week just gone along with the day's headlines . the capital of the disputed region of the border is being relentlessly shelled as the week long conflict between armenia and azerbaijan escalates further airstrikes have destroyed multiple buildings with conflicting r

coming up there is every president discusses if peace talks with armenia or even possible that's next on talk to al jazeera to stay with us if you can feel after that i feel. one. would see. this is a conflict that started more than 30 years ago as the soviet union was coming to an end ethnic tensions between armenians and azerbaijanis increased over the region of me going to cut off. the majority of ethnic armenians who live in the area demanded the territory be transferred from soviet azerbaijan to soviet armenia but after the kremlin rejected the petition armenia and azerbaijan now former soviet republics were left to resolve the issue on their own. but instead the dispute escalated into a full scale war in 1908 and ended with a cease fire in 1994 a certain level of stability in the region lasted for more than 2 decades when it going to cut about officially remaining part of our jan but governed by separatist ethnic armenians. there are no mediation attempts succeeded in 2016 an escalation known as the 4 day war which considered the worst ceasefire violation until now. fighting has

a week of hostilities between armenia and azerbaijan brings devastation to not go to with relentless shelling of the local capital r t continues to report from the area. the fighting has spilled beyond the disputed region as a border city in azerbaijan is hit by artillery fire also in the stories that shaped the week. i'm not here to call out everybody knows he's a liar there's nothing smart about you joe what you should. do so you are number 2 . the 1st presidential debate before the u.s. election descended into name calling and interruptions and the 2nd round is now in doubt after donald trump contracts coronavirus. and environmental groups warned of a pollution disaster in russia's far east as a probe is launched into toxic chemicals killing sea life. by broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow recapping the week's top stories with our weekly program this is our international glad to have you with us and we start with the conflict between armenia and azerbaijan which has entered a 2nd week now the disputed region of nagorno-karabakh is being relentlessly shelled these a

a week of hostilities between armenia and azerbaijan brings it devastation to not go with relentless shelling the local capital r.t. reports from the area. massive explosions in the very center of the city 250 millimeter. a massive rocket. the fighting still beyond the disputed region as a border city in azerbaijan is hit by artillery fire also in the story that shaped the week. i'm out here to call out as everybody knows he's a liar there's nothing smart about you joe what do you. know your number. the 1st presidential debate before the u.s. election descended into name calling and interruptions and the 2nd round is now in doubt after donald trump contracts coronavirus. and environmental groups warn of a pollution disaster in russia's far east as a probe is launched into toxic chemicals killing sea life. or broadcasting live from our studios in moscow recapping the week's top stories with our weekly program this is international or now we start with the conflict between armenia and azerbaijan which has entered a 2nd week in the disputed region of not go to know is it being relentles

a week of hostilities between armenia and azerbaijan brings devastation to not go to no kind of talk with relentless shelling of the local capital r.t. reports from the area. massive explosions in the very center of the city 250 millimeter. it is a massive rocket. the fighting spills beyond of the disputed region as a border city in azerbaijan is hit by artillery fire also in the stories ahead that shaped the week. i'm not here to call those guys everybody knows he's a liar there's nothing smart about you joe what you should. know you are number 2. the 1st presidential debate before the u.s. election descended into name calling and interruptions and the 2nd round is now in doubt after donald trump contracts coronavirus. and environmental groups at war no pollution disaster in russia's far east as a probe is launched into toxic chemicals killing sea life. broadcasting live director our studios in moscow recapping the week's top stories with our weekly program this is r t international glad to have you with us i know we start with the conflict between armenia and azerbaijan which has e

our top stories: a new humanitarian ceasefire comes into effect between armenia and azerbaijan over the disputed region of nagorno—karabakh. tributes are paid to samuel paty, the teacher beheaded in paris on friday, in what the french president has called a cowardly attack. countries across europe see record highs in confirmed covid—19 cases, as the continent becomes the new epicentre of the pandemic. and thousands of lebanese mark the anniversary of a mass protest movement against a political elite, now blamed for august's deadly blast in beirut. people have no means to survive or continue, and the ones who came here today are sending one message: they are here to stay, and waiting for the change. hello and welcome to bbc news. a new ceasefire has come into effect in the bitter conflict over the disputed territory of nagorno—kara bakh. the humanitarian truce was announced in identical statements from armenia and azerbaijan, and came after the russian foreign minister, sergei lavrov, spoke to both sides. over the past couple of days each side has accused the other of fresh attacks

relations with armenia. there are treaties signed with political military and army is also part of of treaty organization and president putin made it clear that russia is going to own or in each agreement. it's absolutely clear clear message to one of the principles that i think it's important for russia and. russia's policies in caucasus and i salute that because this showing that russia is a reliable partner the 2nd thing is that russia also has good relations with azerbaijan russia has very good relations with other budge on a very good relations with armenia because so much balance that the 2 sides can trust to russia as a mediator and that's very important it's not only that 2 sides can trust the mediator that that side the 3rd side which is russian federation he's taking the very hard responsibility responsibility of being a mediator it's not easy and so it's trust and responsibility that brings sides together to start talking and basically i hope that we will get finally a cease fire and then we start

you cannot agree with me i will never agree with this for more than 2 years ago a new government in armenia rose to power in a so-called velvet revolution which raise hopes of fundamental democratic reform and a thaw in relations with azerbaijan over the long disputed territory of borno car about now the region has been hit by the worst fighting in decades and a cease fire remains elusive with both sides to pluck tingling my guest this week from your of on is armenian foreign minister store of minot's economy how much responsibility does armenia bear for the conflicts escalation. armenian foreign ministers or of not the congo on welcome to conflict zone thank you very much there is currently fighting in the disputed region of nagorno-karabakh which is governed by ethnic armenians but which is recognized as part of azerbaijan by the international community hundreds have already been reported dead you have been part of talks to broker to cease fires in that regard and yet the fighting continues what responsibility does armenia and the forces in the region which you back bear for the continued

i'm sure most people in armenia and azerbaijan. speak russian so it's a very important conflict on its doorstep in a very strategic area of course the black sea a crossroads of energy pipelines and now. trade routes. so it's a very important area that needs to be stable however i think france has also played an important role because france is quite close to armenia. there are many there's a strong armenian community in in france. you might remember the singer charles and the war he has armenian descent but very famous french as well so they have girly clothes cultural ties i think apart from turkey i would think that some gulf states some arab gulf states should be invited as well and i'm thinking specifically of qatar because qatar is a main very important ally of turkey particularly backing it financially and turkey has. rather deep economic problems these days without qatar it wouldn't be able to pursue some of its more ambitious campaigns right now and turkey is rather overstretched it's it's got troops and interest in syria a

broke up the war broke out resulting in armenia taking control of newborn aperahama and then something that war ended in 1994 with a cease fire no peace treaty. a quarter of a century later azerbaijan which has been building up its military and now out matches armenia to resume talks stillings. azerbaijan. this conflict was frozen the 70 years without ever being sold by either side. a 3rd power of the soviet union came in and imposed its will by occupying both countries when it flared up again the armenians took control of the court to cut it back they also buy the districts around it and force the azerbaijanis living there to leave the hose according to the azerbaijani president at least as a by john couldn't accept this and that's why they've launched this operation harbach it's all such a huge issue for armenians and our media and perspective on it is your 3rd azerbaijanis backed by the turks especially conquered there will be mass at mccloud saying this is one of the big problems with the conflict a lot of hatred on both sides are so high because essentially azerbaijani and armenia

for the past week tens of thousands of people have been demonstrating in the soviet armenia. global audiences 1st learned of nagorno-karabakh in the late 1980 s. when the soviet union began to fray at the edges but this conflict goes way back. in the 1920 s. the soviets invaded the creature to reclaim parts of the fallen czarist empire our media and azerbaijan became soviet republics ruled by moscow and had their borders drawn up by joseph stalin he made nagorno-karabakh part of azerbaijan despite its armenian majority leaving a problem for future generations to solve. when the u.s.s.r. broke up the war broke out resulting in armenia taking control of newborn apparel and then something that war ended in 1994 with a cease fire no peace treaty. a quarter of a century later as are weisz on which has been building up its military and now outmatch is armenia to resume talks deliveries. azerbaijan. this conflict was frozen to 70 years without ever being sold by either side. a 3rd power of the soviet union came in and imposed its will by occupying both countries when it flared up ag

there's been a week of deadly hostilities between armenia and azerbaijan in the disputed not going to come back region strikes have destroyed multiple buildings with conflicting reports on casualties throughout sunday morning 2 raid sirens have been heard in the disputed regions capital that follows a number of explosions over the night. friday a field hospital there was hit in a bombing raid several residential buildings were also badly damaged and earlier the emergencies ministry building was destroyed scoundrel te's house leaving reporters also this week are still sees spill beyond the confines of the disputed territory when a border in your very town was bombed by john claims more than 2000 shells were dropped in that raid accu also says that since the start of fighting 19 as there is civilians have been killed in the conflict zone with 63 people injured. the conflict reignited last sunday but it has roots that stretch back more than 3 decades it is one of several border disputes still unresolved since the collapse of the soviet union in clave populated mainly by armenians broke a

now the latest attempt to end fighting between armenia and azerbaijan appears to be followed for just hours after it began both sides accuse each other of violating a 2nd ceasefire it's been nearly 3 weeks of fighting in about a region which lies within azerbaijan but it's occupied by ethnic armenians more than 700 people are estimated to have been killed on both sides the 2 nations have agreed to a russian mediated cease fire a week ago that collapsed within hours. with me is near the city of will jog in azerbaijan but 1st let's go with bernard smith in armenia's capital yet advancer burnham one of the armenians saying about what exactly happened so this latest ceasefire. just minutes after the cease fire started fired at targets military targets within territory operating in the golan of karabakh says the targets were military targets military positions and it happened just after as i said just after midnight and this truce came into play after russia's foreign minister contacted his azeri armenian counterparts on saturday to try and persuade them to implement this truce that they'd

relations with armenia. there are treaties signed with political military and army is also part of of treaty organization and president putin made it clear that russia is going to own ever in each agreement. it's absolutely clear clear message to one of the principles that i think it's important for russia and. russia's policies in caucasus and i salute that because this showing that russia is a reliable partner the 2nd thing is that russia also has good relations with azerbaijan russia has very good relations with other budge on a very good relations with armenia because so much balance that the 2 sides can trust to russia as a mediator. and that's very important as not only that 2 sides can trust the mediator that that side the 3rd side which is russian federation he's taking the very hard responsibility responsibility of being a mediator it's not easy so it's trust and responsibility that brings sides together to start talking and basically i hope that we will get finally a cease fire and then we start bu

a week of hostilities between armenia and azerbaijan brings the devastation of war in a car with relentless shelling of the capital actually reports from the area. massive explosions in the very center of the city 250 millimeter caliber so it is a massive rocket. the fighting skills beyond the dispute is now going to cut off region as a bordering a city comes under artillery fire. i'm not like everybody knows there's nothing smart about you know what you she went. through so your number 2. the 1st presidential debate before the u.s. election descended into name calling and interruptions the 2nd round however is now in downtown for donald trump contract with the coronavirus. and environmental groups warn of a pollution disaster in russia's far east as a probe is launched into toxic chemicals killing sea life. come to the weekly it this is our roundup of the news from the past week along with the day's headlines stories. we start with the conflict between armenia and azerbaijan which has now entered its 2nd week the disputed region i'm not going to karbala is being relentlessly shelled at thi

is pounded by airstrikes as the conflict deepens between armenia and azerbaijan our correspondent reports from the area. russia and france say syrian militants are pouring it into the conflict zone and the south caucasus as the warring sides trade accusations of foreign mercenaries. also this hour donald trump reveals he and the 1st lady have tested positive for coke at night and will quarantine and the white house. and the e.u. slap sanctions on 40 and below russian officials over allegations of election rigging with responding in kind. of very warm welcome to the program on this friday afternoon it's 4 pm here in the russian capital let's get started with a live news update we start with a deadly standoff between armenia and azerbaijan in the south caucuses the main city in the disputed province of. has been pounded by warplanes and locals have been hearing the regular sound of air raid sirens. several buildings have been damaged including the emergency ministry where the windows were shattered and holes blown through the walls armenian defense ministry has blamed azerbaijan for the air

but after the kremlin rejected the petition armenia and azerbaijan now former soviet republics were left to resolve the issue on their own. but instead the dispute escalated into a full scale war in 1908 and ended with a cease fire in 1994 a certain level of stability in the region lasted for more than 2 decades when it going to cut about officially remaining part of azerbaijan but governed by separatist ethnic armenians. there are no mediation attempts succeeded in 2016 and escalation known as the 4 day war which considered the worst ceasefire violation until now. fighting has begun once again killing dozens of people and wounding hundreds more armenia and azerbaijan have rejected international calls for a ceasefire so what would it take to bring the 2 sides to the negotiating table we will find out more is the president of us about. talks about his iraq. president as rb john is how money yeah thank you for talking to al-jazeera very let us hear it's been over 2 decades since the present conflict between our mania and azerbaijan has begun and you've gone through lots of ups and dow

headlines today possible peace in the making a cease fire in the disputed a golden region comes into force armenia and azerbaijan struck a deal after more than 10 hours of talks here in moscow. a cease fire is announced from 12 pm on the 10th of the 2 books for humanitarian purposes. pre-election chaos the 2nd us presidential debates canceled after donald trump refused to participate online claiming he's accused of covert 90 democrats though his health makes him unfit for office. but frustration boils over a new restrictions because a covert 19 spark mass protests in many countries and global health officials say could lead to further spread of the disease. we're very concerned about see here in the. region because very fairly. soon a resurgence arrives in transmission. they get out today my name is kevin irwin this is r.t. international has just turned one in the afternoon here in moscow and i think should time today so the big news we're covering a breakthrough and hopes at least of a lasting peace a cease fire between armenia and azerbaijan has come into force a few hours ago in the border nago

on friday armenia's prime minister met soldiers being sent to the front line. already i love you all i'm proud of you all i believe that you'll defend the future of your children with dignity long live the republic of armenia long live the armenian diaspora. and i was on the message but there's no signs of a rest but for now and civilians on both sides facing uncertain days ahead i would love the fact that a fighter i'm just. spotted spent with reaction from the armenian side. they started off the day saying they hadn't deliberately or they have not targeted from armenian territory targets in azerbaijan but it was followed by a statement later on in the day saying that there were legitimate targets including for example a squadron logistics depo a technical battalion these sorts of military locations but no specific comment about whether they hit that building that residential building in ganja and also the foreign ministry saying today that consistent attempts he says in a tweet by azerbaijan to extend the geography of the conflict irreversibly undermining reg

armenia supports the claims to independndence and some have talked about integrating it to armenia but that has not formallyly recognized it because there is a document called the madrid rinse bowls, which is one of the roadmaps to peace in this region and those madrid principles say the status of nagorno-karabakh should be decided by referendum and that is why until now, armenia has held back from formally recognizing it. more and more, they think those madrid principles are never going to be realized and the next step is to formally recognize the territories independence. anchor: keeping and i on all the situations in nagorno-karabakh and watching paul on both sides. azerbaijan says 20 citizens have been killed in the fighting so far. our reporters there witnessed the aftermath of the attack. reporter: 72-year-old elena was working as an m missile landed nearby, smashing the windows of their house and terrifying her family. devastation lies in a city 100 miles from nagornrno-karabakh ad authority say four rockets fell onon residential neighbors, killing 1000 and seriously injuring ot

john and armenia are accusing each other of deploying foreign mercenaries with more. well aside from an increasingly violent and volatile situation on the ground things are heating up on the diplomatic international stage and i would say at this point that they are boiling france now coming out with an increasingly hardline 8 stance on what is happening in the region in these in this conflict and they're saying that they've come by the same intelligence as russia had that there are indeed syrian geologist's mercenary fighters being transported and utilized by is it about jobs in the fight against armenia. today we have information with certainty that indicates that militants from to have just groups who left the field of combat and syria to rejoin the field of combat and care obama has this information regarding the transfer of mercenary fighters from the middle east to the going to curb area the information exists and it was presented in social networks and relevant publications previously tacky and as ed by john had vehemently denied that they were usually using uti

fighters azerbaijan has reclaimed territory that armenia has controlled since the ceasefire 994 this is territory that armenia considers as a security or buffer zone between azerbaijan and nagorno-karabakh and over the last more than 26 years as a in armenia are supposed to be negotiating the future of this territory as well as the final status of nagorno karabakh azerbaijan will say that after all these years of talks overseen by france russia and the united states there's been no solution to what to do with this seize territory that armenia controls on the go in a car back so as a job with turkish support has been moving militarily to take this land and this enormous pressure on armenia because of the advances azerbaijan has been making to seek some sort of a ceasefire and to move on to negotiations well care to stand new prime minister and acting president has promised parliamentary and presidential elections are next in the next 3 months part of was freed from jail by supporters during protests after allegedly raped parliamentary elections earlier this month he sat down with alic

armenia and azerbaijan continue their deadly standoff over the disputed territory tory. party is the only media outlet granted access to. concerns over foreign fighters including extremists being sent into the battle zone are raised by moscow which is. also ahead. among. everybody knows he's a liar. you are number 2. presidential debate. left. joe biden to name calling in. the big moments for you. this is our 2 international i'm certainly glad to have you with us right now the u.n. security council is calling for an immediate end to fighting between armenia and azerbaijan after 4 days of hostilities the 2 nations are once again vying for control over the long disputed border region of. media outlet granted access to the region. spoke to us earlier from their. well we're in the city of stop on the capital of the disputed nagorno-karabakh region and well you can see how dark it is around me well it's not because we're in a forest or somewhere in the middle of nowhere no in we're in the middle of a city a big pretty big bustling city normally shining with the lights but thi

a week of hostilities between armenia and azerbaijan brings devastation. with relentless shelling the local. reports from the area. 2 massive explosions in the very center of the city 250 millimeter. it is a massive rocket the fighting spills beyond the disputed region as a border city and is hit by artillery fire also in the stories that shaped this week. i'm not here to call out everybody knows he's a liar there's nothing smart about you joe what do you. know your number. the 1st presidential debates before the u.s. election descended into name calling on interruptions on the 2nd round. and environmental groups warn. in russia's far east there's a probe is launched into talks killing sea life. bringing your recap of the top stories from the past 7 days and right up to the minute developments as well this is the weekly an r t international alone welcome. we begin with the conflict between armenia and azerbaijan which has now entered a 2nd week the disputed region of the going to color is being relentlessly shelled these are some of the latest pictures fro

a week of hostilities between armenia and azerbaijan brings devastation. with a relentless shelling of the local capital our 2 reports from the area. massive explosions in the very center of the city 250 millimeter. it is a massive rocket. the fighting spilled beyond in the disputed region as a border city and azerbaijan is hit by artillery fire also in the stories of the week. everybody knows he's a liar there's nothing smart about you joe what you should. know you are number 2. the 1st presidential debate before the u.s. election descended into name calling and interruptions and the 2nd round is now in doubt after donald trump contracts coronavirus. and environmental groups warn of a pollution disaster in russia's far east as a probe is launched into toxic chemicals killing sea life. our broadcasting live coverage from our studios in moscow this is our 2 international i'm sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us now we start with the conflict between armenia and azerbaijan which has entered a 2nd week now the disputed region of. being relentlessly

when we talk about the clashes between us with john and armenia why you we did in armenia to withdrawal from as we began we should say that clearly the nato is dealing in a balanced way with this matter but the nato has to watch everyone to stop fighting because both countries are members of the nato and its national community has to play a better role in order to sell to the crisis and to 3 the other bijani territories as a bit general has to restore its editor is back and this is the best way to salts i would the problem that went back to 30 years ago more than 1000000 refugees have left these areas and the only sole solution in this regard is media to leave these territories i don't know how they're armenia. did that we need to be with the right not with the stronger. this is supported. by the pigs and by the moon we need to do that libby jan is not in a support from turkey embodying case. asked for our support we will definitely help. around her and. we are of course watching the situation very carefully because we are concerned when we see. gratian and the holes that it is more fig

but after the kremlin rejected the petition armenia and azerbaijan now former soviet republics were left to resolve the issue on their own. but instead the dispute escalated into a full scale war in 1908 and ended with a cease fire in 1994 a certain level of stability in the region lasted for more than 2 decades when it going to cut up officially remaining part of our but governed by separatist ethnic armenians. there are no mediation attempts succeeded in 2016 and escalation known as the 4 day war which considered the worst ceasefire violation until now. fighting has begun once again killing dozens of people and wounding hundreds more armenia and azerbaijan have rejected international calls for a ceasefire so what would it take to bring the 2 sides to the negotiating table we'll find out more as the president of us about john. talks to al-jazeera. president as rb john is how money yeah thank you for talking to al-jazeera very let us hear it's been over 2 decades since the present conflict between our mania and azerbaijan has begun and you've gone through lots of ups and downs but n

for the past week tens of thousands of people have been demonstrating in the soviet armenia. global audiences 1st learned of nagorno-karabakh in the late 1980 s. when the soviet union began to fray at the edges but this conflict goes way back. in the 1920 s. the soviets invaded the nature to reclaim parts of the fallen czarist empire our media and azerbaijan became soviet republics ruled by moscow and had their borders drawn up by joseph stalin he made nagorno-karabakh part of azerbaijan despite its armenian majority leaving a problem for future generations to solve. when the u.s.s.r. broke up the war broke out resulting in armenia taking control of newborn apparel and then something that war ended in 1994 with a cease fire no peace treaty. a quarter of a century later azerbaijan which has been building up its military and now outmatch is army and resume talks stillings. azerbaijan. this conflict was frozen to 70 years without ever being sold by the side. a 3rd power of the soviet union came in and imposed its will by occupying both countries when it flared up again the armen

people who are not involved in war, in fighting against armenia. this is, i think, a crime against humanity. the armenian government denies that rockets were fired from its territory. it maintains that the fighting is between armenian—backed karabakh forces and azerbaijan. it says azerbaijan continues to bombard nagorno—karabakh‘s capital, stepa na kert. this local resident describes what he saw. translation: it was a plane that hit us because the damage is so great. it was a small missile that hit over there, the main area. now armenia and azerbaijan have agreed to a new humanitarian ceasefire. the same pledge was made last week. it did not hold. earlier, i spoke to retired us ambassador carey cavanaugh. he was formerly the co—chair of the minsk group, the international body created nearly three decades ago to resolve the nagorno—kara bakh conflict. i asked him why the dispute has flared up again. i think what we are seeing is the frustration of almost 30 years of peace talks that haven't moved anywhere and the solidification of the stat

a week of hostilities between armenia and azerbaijan brings devastation to not going to cut a bomb but the relentless shelling of the local capital r.t. reports from the area. massive explosions in the very center of the city 250 millimeter caliber so it is a massive rocket. the fighting has spilled beyond the disputed number in a couple region as a bordering of very city comes under fire. i'm not here to call lies everybody knows he's there's nothing smart about you joe what you should i don't reason excuse me mr snow your number to go to. the 1st presidential debate before the u.s. election descended into name calling and interruptions the 2nd round however is now in doubt after we tracked the cause of it 19. you're watching the new weekly here on our to international where we bring you a roundup of the top stories from the week just gone along with the day's headlines news. we start with the conflict between armenia and azerbaijan which is now entering its 2nd week the disputed region of it's being relentlessly shelled and air strikes have destroyed numerous buildings and these are

azerbaijan is ratcheting up azerbaijan is accusing armenia of targeting oil and gas pipelines armenia says azerbaijan is trying to seize control of nagorno-karabakh russia's please over the top of this for them to observe a humanitarian cease fire don't seem to be being listened to on the big difference in the dynamic now is the involvement of turkey for many many it will for 26 years since the end of the war at the ceasefire 994 armenia and azerbaijan a face off across this line of control a lot of contact the have been incidents before and the has been fighting before but never on this scale and this time the difference is the full throated support of turkey behind. and this is why russia says no we want to ceasefire we do not want we do not believe turkey should be involved in future talks over as a nagorno-karabakh which turkey believes those talks failed because over 26 years they haven't found a resolution to what to do with nagorno-karabakh all the lands taken by armenia in the last war they fall. on to other news tens of thousands of afghans have been forced to escape days of

a week of hostilities between armenia and azerbaijan brings devastation to the capital of newborn a car bomb the shelling of the city ongoing party reports from the ground. massive explosions in the very center of the city 250 millimeter caliber so it is a massive rocket. the fighting skills beyond the disputed number in the kind of region as a border in a very city comes under fire. i'm not your whole life everybody knows he's a there's nothing smart about what you should go. through so you are number 2. the 1st presidential debate before the u.s. election descended into name calling and interruptions however it is now an down after donald trump like the buyers. welcome to the weekly this is a rundown of the news from the past week along with all the day's headlines stories . the capital of the disputed region of is being relentlessly shelled as the week long conflict between armenia and azerbaijan escalates further airstrikes have destroyed multiple buildings with conflicting reports on casualties now what we're showing you now are the latest pictures from the capital showing burning

week of hostilities between armenia and azerbaijan. to the region and beyond to keep the ports from the front. to massive explosions in the very center of the city 250 millimeter caliber so it is a massive rocket. syrian militants are pouring into the conflict zone as get a trade accusations over foreign mercenaries. your life everybody knows he's a liar there's nothing smart about you joe what you should. know your number just the 1st presidential debates before the u.s. election descended into name calling in interruptions the 2nd round however is now in doubt. trying to coronavirus. here on our take thanks for joining us. it's been a week of deadly hostilities between armenia and azerbaijan and need to speeded nagorno-karabakh region strikes have destroyed multiple buildings with conflicting reports on casualties throughout sunday morning 2 air raid sirens were heard in the disputed regions capital follows a number of explosions over the night. on friday a field hospital there was hit in a bombing raid several residential buildings

me any kind of agree with me i will never agree with this more than 2 years ago a new government in armenia rose to power and the so-called velvet revolution which raised hopes of fundamental democratic reform and the thaw in relations with azerbaijan over the long disputed territory nagorno-karabakh now the region has been hit by the worst fighting in decades and its ceasefire remains elusive with both sides to like to play my guest this week from the air of on is armenian foreign minister of zorro from and that's a kind how much responsibility does armenia bear for the conflicts escalation. armenian foreign ministers or of the not the congo and welcome to conflicts down thank you very much there is currently fighting in the disputed region of nagorno-karabakh off which is governed by ethnic armenians but which is recognized as part of azerbaijan by the international community hundreds have already been reported dead you have been part of talks to broker to cease fires in that regard and yet the fighting continues what responsibility does armenia and the forces in the region which you back

armenia and azerbaijan continue their deadly standoff over the disputed territory of. r t is the only media outlet granted access to the conflict zone. concerns over foreign fighters including extremists are being sent into the battle zone are raised by moscow which is urging all sides to prevent external involvement also. everybody knows he's a liar there's nothing smart about what you should. know your number of. presidential debate decorum exit stage left as round one between donald trump and joe biden descends into name calling and interruptions we've got the big moments from it for you. are broadcasting live the rest of our studios most of this is our to international . be with us now the u.n. security council is calling for an immediate end to fighting between armenia and azerbaijan after 4 days of hostilities the 2 nations are once again vying for control of the longest period border region of the go to know r.t. is the sole media outlet granted access to the region there. well we're in the city of stop on the capital of the disputed nagorno-karabakh region and

damaging the emergency ministry building and other structures as the fighting between azerbaijan and armenia anders fixed 6 day. russia and france a syrian militants are pouring into dot com flags known as ever and back to treat accusations of foreign mercenaries. also this hour donald trump reveals that he and the 1st lady have tested positive for coburg 19 and all pointing in the white house. and tit for tat the e.u. sanctions by the russian officials over allegations of election rigging that's mintz quick to return the favor. watching our to international bring you your live news update from our studio here in moscow welcome to the program and we start with the latest escalation in the conflict between armenia and azerbaijan the capital of the disputed region of mccormack karbala has been attacked with drones a bridge and multiple buildings have been damaged the buildings hit was the ministry of emergencies where windows were shattered and walls penetrated by shells russian singer and activist. witnessed the airstrike on the bridge. first there was an explosion and something was flying ar