extradited to azerbaijan where should an order releasing him. so there was a process of nationwide glorification of the person this one episode really illustrates the whole history of the conflict and the context of today's events. has the script is also scribed with this today many of us have attacked people who were sleeping peacefully numerous armenians this is the story that is happening. maybe on top of all of that though we can say that the u.n. general assembly demands the unconditional withdrawal of all armenian forces from the occupied territories of azerbaijan and. then the big one second please i beg your pardon have you actually read the security council resolution so if you've personally read it it's very important that whatever we're referring to whatever we're citing we should read what the text says and that is the following by john by a late to. the cease fire agreement and the situation that subsequently emerged was a consequence of breach of the internationally reached commitments of azerbaijan that's very important that resol

extradited to azerbaijan where should an order releasing him. so there was a process of nationwide glorification of the person this one episode really illustrates the whole history of the conflict and the context of today's events. his descriptors also scribed with this today many of us have attacked people who were sleeping peacefully numerous armenians this is the story that is happening. maybe on top of all of that though we can say that the u.n. general assembly demands the unconditional withdrawal of all armenian forces from the occupied territories of azerbaijan and. then the big one second please i beg your pardon have you actually read the security council resolution so if you've personally read it it's very important that whatever we're referring to whatever we're citing we should read what the text says and that is the following by john by a late to. the cease fire agreement and the situation that subsequently emerged was a consequence of breach of the internationally reached commitments of azerbaijan that's very important that resolut

because the president of azerbaijan continuously uses the. to justify his rule when the velvet revolution happened in armenia in azerbaijan a society more hope emerged that a similar revolution would also occur in azerbaijan. to prevent that revolution and to carry on with it dictate tauriel rule azerbaijan intensified its bellicose rhetoric which led to today's situation. you've been on the phone a couple of times with vladimir putin how have those conversations gone can you lead as into the tone the measure the content of those conversations. over this time without phone calls with the president of france the chancellor of germany with the president of the islamic republic of iran with the u.n. general secretary twice with a bloody mary putin had 2 phone calls but i think i will be having more phone calls with the french president and other leaders and we discussed the ongoing situation we discussed the development of the variance and we discussed the possibilities of our corporation in that respect but the one that matters is what he had t

azerbaijan to chose to panic. absolutely not than a 2 person as the name of the city is a cat the army has acquired it and named it to. the us of a town is not target and my president also at least i feel to azerbaijan but once again we are not quite it was a suit yes but in a difference between armenia and azerbaijan azerbaijan only uses precision guided munitions and me sas it is a legitimate military targets but in a but in a different between army and azerbaijan but this account of the contrary. and again is one of the examples of that is in the sky the attack they have killed serbs in azerbaijan is really nice once and for the app and cities that want it and just we see again killed 11 hours over to see if we are and also want to modernise ot this in a deliberate act on the lisbon and it's an act of terror and so are also war crime and all the ability to lie is also a political matter that is required. for international attempts to end this conflict i mean it can go on like this can it. exactly there was an u

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 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 aliyev azerbaijan couldn't accept this and that's why they've launched this operation. harbach it's all such a huge issue for armenians that the armenian 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 the levels of hatred on both sides are so high because essentially azerbaijani and armenian society each have different conflicting mutually exclusive maximalist versions of how the congo needs to be resolved. there are marked differences in the respective media landscapes the assets at each governments disposal and the way they used to armenia is a democracy journalis

to provoke 'd azerbaijan and say to its allies to russia and counter that azerbaijan attack it republic of arming us. by this way of arming also taste i'm going to interrupt you again because i want to don't want to you did bring up an interesting point in your 1st answer which was to suggest that armenia was getting equipment military support and equipment from elsewhere and using it in order to attack azerbaijan there is of course a strong argument that as a by john is also getting equipment from outside countries turkey is a name that has come up how big a role is turkey playing in this and with azerbaijan have responded in the way that it has if turkey had not been given giving azerbaijan its support. this is 2 different things we as are began by a space of rudeness. by money but our main i guess this little. corporate from russia from other counties but azerbaijan buys these. not all live from turkey we buy pens from russia from turkey from belarus from ukraine from is that aisle from us from other counties but this is a different think and turkey is our brother counter but anyway

on azerbaijan i.d.p.'s and if you use also want to grow their homes and what intention our expectation from meeting with or group or chair final issue that it doubles air force me should have been a very effective substance of talks to resolve well because of many solution of his council of course occupation must and armenian armed forces must visit reform the so the characters of azerbaijan and we can azerbaijan can also feel with azerbaijan a sudan safe and secure ok so you are of so you go into this with with preconditions you accuse the other side of having bomb civilians of both sides in this conflict have been accused by outside observers of bombing civilian targets and pots of the military campaign in the gold or care about. men's fact ethnic mediums there have been driven out many people look at this and presume that this has been the intention of your government all along. in a case. of people who suffer the homes of this mother that a corporation imagine about horse 30 years are mediocre python a

even before azerbaijan as a republic existed. in my vocabulary, it is called ethnic cleansing. >> this can be explained by looking internally and externally. first, domestic politics. in armenia, this has been happening. >> the aenian prime minister has been forced by his own domestic politics to back away from the framework agreement that had been negotiated for years between his country and azerbaijan. x and this is the situation in azerbaijan. >> the social problems, the falling price of oil, the war probably is the best possible outcome to make sure that the public rallies around the leader. >> as well as that, the booming oil sector has given them added income and influence and if domestic politics is one vital factor, the differing approaches of turkey and prussia is another. turkey is being the safer is in its support of azerbaijan. >> the path to lasting peace requires withdrawal of the land they are occupying. it will not save the armenian government. >> this is part of a broadened path. turkeys lynn miss -- turkey's wil

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azerbaijan is yet to respond to the allegations. over the past couple of days each side has accused the other of fresh attacks violating another truce, including an azeri claim that armenia had shelled its second city ganja, killing civilians. earlier our correspondent rayhan demtyrie sent this report, which contains distressing images from the start. three weeks of fighting has left a heavy toll, hundreds of people have been killed on both sides. a new ceasefire, if it holds, has come too late. the azeri authorities say there were at least 1a civilians killed when armenian missiles struck a neighbourhood in ganja, azerbaijan's second—largest city. the rescue works continued late into saturday evening, there may be more people trapped under the rubble. azerbaijan's prosecutor general said armenia would be held responsible for the attack. i think this is really serious crime. this is war crime against civil people. people who are not involved in war, in fighting against armenia. this is, i think, a crime against humanity. the armen

but supporters of the king are present as well also coming up a push for peace between armenia and azerbaijan bolters despite a u.s. brokered cease fire deal there has been no let up in fighting in the disputed nagorno-karabakh region and a new take on test track and trace for travelers arriving at finland's airports well the country is pioneering the use of sniffer dogs to test for coronavirus researchers say the dogs can identify the virus within seconds with close to 100 percent accuracy. while our thank you so much for your company everyone well we begin here in germany well rather in thailand where thousands of protesters have marched on the german embassy in bangkok to demand an investigation into the overseas activity of their monarch months of mass demonstrations have brought growing calls for reform of the modern key and for a new government thailand's prime minister has called a special session of parliament in the hope of ending the entire. in safire political crisis there well with a session underway activist gathered outside the german embassy because they want berlin to look int

azerbaijan is yet to respond to the allegations. over the past couple of days each side has accused the other of fresh attacks violating another truce, including an azeri claim that armenia had shelled its second city of ganja, killing civilians. earlier our correspondent rayhan demtyrie sent this report, which contains distressing images from the start. three weeks of fighting has left a heavy toll, hundreds of people have been killed on both sides. a new ceasefire, if it holds, has come too late. the azeri authorities say there were at least 1a civilians killed when armenian missiles struck a neighbourhood in ganja, azerbaijan's second—largest city. the rescue works continued late into saturday evening, there may be more people trapped under the rubble. azerbaijan's prosecutor general said armenia would be held responsible for the attack. i think this is really serious crime. this is war crime against civil people. people who are not involved in war, in fighting against armenia. this is, i think, a crime against humanity. the ar

s defacto support of azerbaijan meanwhile has left some questioning whether the u.k. involvement in this week's violence in nagorno-karabakh will stretch further than just cause for a cease fire half the region's population has been displaced by the fighting on wednesday's show we spoke to azerbaijan's ambassador to the u.k. who claimed amin year is the sole aggressor in the conflict that has reportedly cost hundreds of lives you can catch up with that interview on our you tube channel but to hear from the other side joined from armenia's capital yerevan by a member of parliament and its committee on the protection of human rights and public affairs maria current that you have thank you so much area for coming on so as i said we had the ambassador and he said it's your country that are solely to blame is that true and what are the numbers a your hearing of the numbers killed or injured. as i'm watching all the interviews that the president and president and here in these days a war that he has waged on never in a crowd in. the armenian stare i see every single one of

it will be followed by a summit between armenia and azerbaijan and the president of azerbaijan and the prime minister traveling to moscow so there is a rare glimmer of hope after azerbaijan has rejected earlier calls for a cease-fire. brent: it sounds promising. what is in the way of a diplomatic solution to there conflict? >> let's be honest. the one party standing in the way i the country i didn't mention, turkey. turkey has been side steps and sidelines tkpwhragtly so i expect turkish military support for azerbaijan to be graduated into an obstructionist counterproductive insistence on continued fighting and in this way turkey poses the spoiler impact. eurbbrent: that was an update o what could beromising diplomatic attempts over that disputed region. richard, thank you. >> thank you, brent. brent: here are other stories making headlines. the european union's brexit negotiator says he's ready to intensify negotiations on a trade deal with the u.k. last week british foreign minister boris johnson said the talks were effectively over. the u.k. and e.u. are trying to strike a trade dea

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

azerbaijan that is even before azerbaijan the clipboard there were announcement saying things like don't go online and write about sensitive things like the ministry of communications has imposed restrictions on the internet so local journalists have trouble reporting the latest news to foreign media they use v.p.n. but those are not fully secure so communicating with the outside world remains a real problem if asked by the media. from the onion side the media coverage is treaty. similar to the government we have cited so so far we have been free we had no censorship or whatever even so it's the government over niña and the government of the republic of not good enough got up out helped us provides permissions to show was where it's a girl and give us as much as information possible sorry we are only in local media we're lucky enough to have enough information to congress the shoe and the conflict and the wired and tired and as a result of that kind of information which to best pick at its national audience is are able to get from armenia it is really quite comprehensive it's all togeth

azerbaijan that in 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 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 aliyev azerbaijan couldn't accept this and that's why they've launched this operation. harbach it's all such a huge issue for armenians and the armenian perspective on it is your firm azerbaijanis backed by the turks especially conquered harbach there will be mass at mccloud saying listen one of the big problems with the conflict the levels of hatred on both sides are so high because essentially azerbaijani and armenian society each have different conflicting mutually exclusive maximalist versions of how the congo needs to be resolved. there are marked differences in the respective media landscapes the assets at each governments disposal and the way they used to armenia is a democracy jo

aaron the armenians are accusing azerbaijan of violating delays laid a ceasefire brokered by the u.s. the armenian prime minister is also been very active communicating his country's position on social media can you tell us something about that. definitely prime minister nicole pasha took to social media yesterday late last night actually and as a surprise to no one declared that the ceasefire had patently failed and some other comments which she posted to facebook which i found quite interesting he actually expressed how little confidence his government had had in the cease fire efforts to begin with he said in advance he'd actually reached out to american diplomats and asked them to actually closely monitor the situation because as he put it he said armenia was going to blame azerbaijan azerbaijan was going to blame our media and that he needed international observers to be playing close attention to actually kind of functions like an arbiter of truth to actually express what is really going on in the conflict region and really at its core a kind of goes to show you how little conf

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 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

s yulia hung there reporting from gunja azerbaijan 2nd city. now to some of the other stories making headlines around the world today bolivia's socialist candidate louise are say is expected to win the country's presidential election without a runoff is widely seen as heir to the country's long time former president if a moron as was who resigned to lead the country after last year's ballot was an old . protesters and police clashed in chile's capital on sunday as thousands mark the anniversary of last year's mass protest police deployed water cannon and tear gas to disperse protesters in santiago the demonstration took place under strict police surveillance in an effort to prevent riot. polls have closed in guinea following a mostly calm day of voting despite fears of an upcoming electoral dispute the incumbent president alpha condit is seeking a controversial 3rd term after months of anti-government protests. now let me catch you up on some of the latest developments in the corona virus pandemic global cases have passed 40000000 experts say t

azerbaijan president said... what they are trying to do is force armenians out of the land that they historically lived in. even before azerbaijan existed as a republic but in my vocabulary, it is called ethnic cleansing. this intensification can be explained looking internally and externally. first domestic politics. in a minute this has been happening... the amelia prime minister has been forced by his domestic policies to back away from the framework agreement that had been negotiated for yea rs that had been negotiated for years between his country and azerbaijan. this is a situation is azerbaijan. where the social problems, falling price of oil, reform needed in the economy, the war is possibly the best possible outcome to make sure that the public rallies around the leader. azerbaijan's oil sector has given it added income and influence. and the differing approaches of turkey and russia is anotherfactor. turkey has been set for as of its support for azerbaijan. translation: the path for a lasting peace requ

azerbaijan that is even before azerbaijan the clavichord there were announcement saying things like the don't go on line is right about sensitive things the ministry of communications has imposed restrictions on the internet so local journalists have trouble reporting the latest news to foreign media they use v.p.n. but those are not fully secure so communicating with the outside world remains a real problem if azerbaijani media. frenzy our news media coverage is treating the. similar to the government we have cited so so far we have been free we had no censorship or whatever even so it's the government over niña and the government of the republic of not good enough got up out kept us all sorts of provides permissions to show is where it's a girl and give us as much as information possible sorry we are only in local media we're lucky enough to have enough information to congress the shoe and the conflict and the wired and tired and as a result of that kind of information which best it adds national audience is are able to get from armenia it is really quite comprehensive it's all toget

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 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 that the armenian perspective on it is your 3rd azerbaijanis backed by the turks especially conquered there will be mass at mccloud saying listen one of the big problems with the conflict the levels of hatred on both sides are so high because essentially azerbaijani and armenian society each have different conflicting mutually exclusive maximalist versions of how the comp would need to be resolved. there are marked differences in the respective media landscapes the assets at each governments disposal and the way they used to armenia is a democracy jou

claim to the territory it aroused apparently considerable anger in azerbaijan which was then added to the fact that your prime minister had a presence at the inauguration now the european union has acknowledged that this election was indeed not valid under legal international standards do you acknowledge that this was also provoked if again the european union didn't put it exactly that way the european union acknowledged the. ease and they said it in view of the so-called presidential and parliamentary election where in the garden. if they reiterated that it does not recognise the constitutional and legal framework exactly the constitutional and legal framework or would they do not. for the people of nagorno-karabakh to organize their lives in a democratic way to their representatives to their representatives by way of a democratic method and the planes coming from are preposterous to say the least in a society which has. known nothing but one from a roof. since 1960 s. and talking about democratic process and denying or people the democratic process and imposing imposing their method

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 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 the armenian perspective on it is your 3rd azerbaijanis backed by the turks especially conquered harbach 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 armenian society each have different conflicting mutually exclusive maximalist versions of how the comp would need to be resolved. there are marked differences in the respective media landscapes the assets at each governments disposal and the way they used to armenia is a democracy

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 bear for the continued fighting that we have committed arson. wells fully to the 2 statements one in moscow the joint statement of the time prov

it says azerbaijan continues to bombard nagorno—kara bakh‘s capital. 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. joining me now is 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. for many years this conflict was, to the outside world, dormant. why has it flared up ain? dormant. why has it flared up again? what we are seeing is the frustration of almost 30 yea rs of peace the frustration of almost 30 years of peace talks that have not moved anywhere and has solidification of the status quo and azerbaijan has decided to try and take a more aggressive approach towards bringing about change on the ground. you were part of some of those peace talks for years. was the

al-jazeera these are your top stories the capital of nagorno-karabakh is under renewed bombardment azerbaijan's says armenian forces are intensifying attacks on major cities both sides do accuse each other of targeting civilians nato secretary general again stoltenberg has called for an end to the fighting. we are deeply concerned about of the situation in their own. god but we are of course so watching the situation very carefully because we are concerned when we see. scotian in the whole state it is more fighting more violence we have all seen the reports about the increases number over casualties also civilians civilian casualties and of course. any fighting notice also poses a risk to all kinds of critical infrastructure the white house says doctors will decide if president donald trump will be able to leave hospital later on monday he's being treated for qubit 19 and he briefly ventured out on sunday night to do a drive by for hundreds of his supporters gathered outside one doctor working at the walter reed hospital said the irresponsibility of the move was astounding the world health orga

azerbaijan says that an armenian missile attack has killed at least 13 people in the city of ganja. hello i'm adrian for the good this is al jazeera live from also coming up thousands of protesters in the thai capital defy government warnings at a transit shutdown. ports the beethoven the turkey test a russian made missile defense system raises concern in the u.s. . police clear protesters from the streets cheering the years of stemming stray shots began against social inequality . fighting has escalated in the conflict of the disputed region of the go to cut a buck a week after a cease fire between azerbaijan and armenia took effect as a by shot as accused media of deliberately attacking civilians in the city of ganja with a missile that killed at least 13 people but armenia denies that it carried out the attack that targeted civilians saw hideouts reports. assessing the damage from the air missile strike destroyed at least 20 buildings in ganja azerbaijan 2nd largest city of 300000 people who are so. we've been living in fear for days we couldn't sleep at night we hid but that was

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 bear for the continued fighting that we have committed all right. selves fully to the 2 statements one in moscow the joint statement of the tim

people hate all fall from the disputed region of nagorno-karabakh azerbaijan and armenia are fighting over but they were not spent armenians defense ministry denies firing tools as operation adding the type of missile it's accused of using doesn't have the range to reach gunja however it later released a list of what it called legitimate targets and ganja as a right john says it has proof that the missiles came from armenia just how. immoral our. political. and army and on the forces. in other words just because it is an equal. job is not as a 1st they attacked in a deliberate and discriminate manner as it were to the syrians and that you have isn't what was burst scott i mean. i'm saying. both sides of blaming each other for violating a russian brokered truce agreed a week ago which includes a small part detainees and bodies of those killed. since friday night's attack in gunja armenia says azerbaijan's armed forces violated the humanitarian cease fire by hitting step pan card to nagorno-karabakh on saturday as i by john's president confirmed his forces have now taken control of most

as tensions between azerbaijan and armenia escalate fears are growing that russia and turkey could be drawn into a regional war. let's bring in. who is in the gun joe that's the 2nd city yulia once again the truce between armenia and azerbaijan has been broken what more can you tell us. the fighting has continued despite as you mentioned a new ceasefire agreement despite calls from around the world to stop and what we're seeing once again is armenia and azerbaijan blaming each other for breaching that deal i'm in gunja it's home to more than 300000 people real for ready we've already seen some images in the report him missing leveled several homes here in this residential area on saturday you also mentioned that send what you can see there right behind me are several buildings old to 2 level buildings basically who were reduced to rubble as you can see. according to the official information we have 13 people were killed here including 2 children teenage girl and a baby the authorities both in armenia and in azerbaijan are denying that there are deliberately targeting civilians but res

the region and that azerbaijan would regain nagorno-karabakh using force. u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo will meet with the foreign ministers of azerbaijan and armenia on friday. nagorno-karabakh lies inside azerbaijan but is controlled by ethnic armenians. it was the site of a bloody conflict in the wake of the collapse of the soviet union. this latest spike in conflict is the worst since th1990's, with new advanced weaponry. there are reports that azerbaijan is using combat drones purchased from turkey and israel. amnesty international also reports azerbaijan h used banned cluster bombs in civilian areas. some fear a regional war is imminent, with turkey openly supporting azerbaijan while russia has a mutual defense pact with armenia. turkish-backed syrian mercenaries are also reportedly fighting in the region. for more, we are joined by two guests. in california, stephan astourian is tirtoheof decher tia armenn studies program at the university of california, berkeley and professor of the politics and history of the caucuses and armenia. his forthco

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 continued fighting. we have committed ourselves fully to the 2 statements one in moscow the joint statement of the 10th of october and the 2nd one o

claim to the territory it arouses parent a considerable anger in azerbaijan which was then added to the fact that your prime minister had a presence at the inauguration now the year. union has acknowledged that the selection was indeed not valid under legal international standards do you acknowledge that this was also provocative again the european union didn't put it exactly that way the european union acknowledged the nagorno-karabakh ease and they said it in view of the so-called swing presidential and parliamentary elections in the garden. if they reiterated that it does not recognise the constitutional and legal framework exactly the constitutional and legal framework or would they do not . for the people of nagorno-karabakh to organize their life in a democratic way to their representatives to their representatives by way of a democratic method and the planes coming from a liberal are preposterous to say the least in a society which has. no nothing but one family rule for since $960.00 s. and talking about democratic process and denying their people the democratic process and

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

tartare is a city in central azerbaijan. >> around 8:00 a.m. local, a rocket hits right the center of tartar. tartar is one of the largest at the north and and the rockets fell very close to public infrastructure building which is 20 or 30 meters away. there were civilians here. some civilians were injured and one of them died at the hospital. the say they are thing for rocket did not fully explode. you can see a car has been damaged. the owner of the car is going to tell us what has happened this morning. foreign language] other civilians here, he says thank god his car -- at least 15 people were able to hide behind the car. he says, i can sacrifice my car as long as the civilians are rescued. will repel azeris the occupiers. ♪ president trump has backtracked on his message to a far right group during his chaotic and bitter first debate with joe biden. even if you do condemn whites a premise it's. donald trump now says he does not know the group. the debate was marred by interruptions and insults which drowned out discussions of issues. the

and then this is the situation in azerbaijan. with the social problems, with the reforms that are needed in the economy, the war probably is the best possible outcome to make sure that public rallies around the leader. as well as that, azerbaijan's booming oil sector has given it added income and influence. and if domestic politics is one vital factor. the differing approaches of turkey and russia is another. turkey has been vociferous in its support of azerbaijan. here's its president. translation: the path to a lasting peace requires the withdrawal of armenians from every inch of azeri land they are occupying. the constant efforts to slander turkey will not save the armenian government. this is part of a broader pattern. turkey's willingness to oppose major powers is on show from libya, to northern syria, to gas drilling in the eastern med, to migration into europe and now azerbaijan too. in this case, france is unimpressed, accusing turkey of "warlike messages" which have "removed azerbaijan's inhibitions". certainly azerbaija

and what there was happening at the illegal unlike azerbaijan azerbaijan is that an international state of the united way international community and would be our only responsibility let's come back to the cease fire talks that mean at this particular cease fire doesn't tackle the root cause all the territorial dispute do you think there's any way on me and azerbaijan construct some sort of a long term conference. this to spy as you have a mission it is just a humanitarian ceasefire so that sides can exchange the dead bodies and the prisoners we were expecting this ceasefire to be a fold by a subsidence if peace settlement negotiations but unfortunately a limited beginning would have sent and see the approach from i mean side we as a by john has been really patients over the last 2 it years with the international forces specifically the oyster negotiation process what we have to understand and i sing that was only said monday that that this process shall be based on the 4 u.n. security council resolutions will be to reach the public if i mean it will keep like that it is over there by j

orla guerin, bbc news, ganja, azerbaijan. the us government's top infectious disease expert has criticised donald trump's re—election campaign team. doctor anthony fauci says comments made by him have been taken out of context and used without his permission in a republican party tv ad. joining me now is our north america correspondent peter bowes. tell me what it was used, how it was used and how doctor anthony fauci has criticised its use. it included words of dr fauci who were very positive. seemingly in the context of the ad about the trump administration's response to the coronavirus the reason he is angry is he says his words have been taken out of context words have been taken out of co ntext a nd words have been taken out of context and he did not give his permission. in fact, the words that were used were from an interview that he gave about six months ago when he says he was talking in a broader context in terms of the us response and more specifically about the white house coronavirus task force. so he says, and

and while the conflict between armenia and azerbaijan open the border rages on a 14 year old boy tells 1 r t his story of saving his family dragging them out of the conflict zone while under fire. from fulfilling. the entire gun until she was a knee jerk to me for what i mean that. i love and i am here and look happy to have your company because we know what's going on on a. wall that start with how the horrific model of a french history teacher last week has left many in the profession traumatized with teachers no fearful that the freedom to speak out indeed instruct is a risk industry took up around the tons o. told us the impact the gruesome attack has had. tragedy that happened last week that there's such a colleague of mine is many many things it's a tale of terror teachers in france are expected to do a lot and it sounds like we will be expected to even more presents many ills in society and i know my colleagues and i are ready to take on many challenges but it's teachers are really under the threats of islamic terrorism. and we should not ask ourselves here's how you will teach

it says azerbaijan continues to bombard nagorno—kara bakh's capital. 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 dr artyom tonoyan, a research associate at the centre for holocaust & genocide studies at the university of minnesota. i started asking him if he'd expect the new ceasefire to last. going in, i actually hoped that the ceasefire would hold. as many people did. but about 30 minutes ago, the spokesperson of the armenian ministry of defence announced that actually, immediately after the ceasefire was supposed to be in effect, she accused azerbaijan of violating this ceasefire. now, there are efforts to verify how true this is, but, let's — let us say that my optimism — if the report holds true — is shattered on this matter. to what extent do regional powers, russia and t

s defacto support of azerbaijan meanwhile has left some questioning whether you can involve men in this week's violence in nagorno-karabakh will stretch further than just cause for a cease fire half the region's population has been displaced by the fighting on wednesday's show we spoke to azerbaijan's ambassador to the u.k. who claimed armenia is the sole aggressor in the conflict that has reportedly cost hundreds of lives you can catch up with that interview on our you tube channel but to hear from the other side joined from armenia's capital yerevan by a member of parliament and its committee on the protection of human rights and public affairs maria. thank you so much area for coming on so as i said we had the ambassador and he said it's your country that are solely to blame is that true and what are the numbers a your hearing of the numbers killed or injured as i'm watching all the interviews that the president and. even in east asia war that he has they are never in a crowd in. the i mean stare i see every single one of these interviews as a concession. how he attacked never in a c

our international correspondent orla guerin sent this report from azerbaijan. "let me see his face," she begs. "one last time." she is not alone in this desperate search. "let me see," says this woman. "is he from my family?" "may the armenians die", she cries. this is what's left of her neighbourhood in ganja, azerbaijan's second largest city. far from the front line, but not far enough. at the scene, remnants of what baku says was a ballistic missile. it is accusing armenia of a war crime. this was clearly a civilian target, apartment blocks, flats, where people were living. there is bedding and blankets and mattresses strewn among the rubble here. the attack happened at about 2am. now, this is supposed to be a ceasefire, but it looks more like all—out war. and what happens next? is there worse to come on both sides? standing here now, in the rubble, is the ceasefire dead? actually, it's hard to assess the situation. therefore, currently we are considering the situation. if armenia continues to attack azerbaijani civilians, then azerbaijan will be obliged t

orla guerin, bbc news, ganja, azerbaijan. the us government's top infectious disease expert has criticised donald trump's re—election campaign team. doctor anthony fauci says comments made by him have been taken out of context and used without his permission in a republican party tv ad. our north america correspondent peter bowes has more. this is a typical political ad that you see at this time of year and it included some words of dr fauci who were very positive, seemingly in the context of the ad, about the trump administration's response to the coronavirus. the reason he is angry is he says his words have been taken out of context and he didn't give his permission. in fact, the words that were used were from an interview that he gave about six months ago when he says he was talking in a broader context in terms of the us response and more specifically about the white house coronavirus task force. so he says, and he goes on to add, that in his five decades of public service, he has never endorsed a political candidate. a

orla guerin, bbc news, ganja, azerbaijan. twitter has flagged up another tweet by president trump as containing misleading and potentially harmful information related to coronavirus after he tweeted he was immune from the infection. scientists say the virus hasn't been around long enough to understand a immune response. earlier mr trump made the same claim on fox news, after his doctor said he was no longer a transmission risk. it seems like i'm immune so i can go way out of the basement which i would have done anyway, which i would have done anyway, which i would have done anyway, which i did, because you have to runa which i did, because you have to run a country, you have to get out of the basement, and it looks like i'm immune for i don't know, maybe a long time oi’ don't know, maybe a long time or maybe a short time, it could bea or maybe a short time, it could be a lifetime, nobody really knows, but i'm immune, so... the president is in very good shape. joining me now is our north america correspondent peter bowes. th

journalist from in azerbaijan the t.v. channel he described the damage on the very side of the border. we have seen destroyed houses destroyed ambulances destroyed infrastructures that people from their civil population people that had nothing to do with their military actions refused to leave their house and refused to leave their region armenians are accusing her version of targeting civilians we know civilians have lost their lives in this conflict is that what is happening if they're talking about i mean yeah. that's a complete nonsense the military command over there by gently clear that azerbaijan army does not target civilian people as well as the really interesting infrastructure the targets of the azerbaijan army are firing positions mutes or if it's the way it is and we know what their infrastructure is in the local buy it either by john doesn't fight against civilians out there by john is fighting for liberation it's all territories. donald trump is in the hospital for a 3rd day after contracting covert 19 aside

towns and villages all along the border with azerbaijan there in the firing line no one was home when this cluster of 4 homes was blown apart. and then we almost always it this is our village our home where should i go my children ask me why are you walking out in the village i say if i hear the sound of the bomb it's best if it hits me i won't even know it why should i be frightened and over this turkish animal. the leaders of armenia and azerbaijan say there's no immediate likelihood of talks so there'll be more of this. and for those waiting for news of their sons and husbands plenty to worry about. bernard smith al jazeera in the going to care about. and you can watch an interview with the armenian prime minister nicol. that's on sunday at $830.00 g.m.t. . still ahead here on al-jazeera now with the u.s. election one month away we'll look at what president trump's coronavirus diagnosis means for the race for the white house. and pals in india defining a ban on price this is anger grows over the gang rape and murder of 2 women. how it's shaping up to be a very wet couple of days ac

in azerbaijan 1st of all let's go over to. the russians are saying that the armenian foreign minister is going to moscow when we know about these talks well these are off the back of the talks between russia france and the u.s. in geneva on thursday and there are talks jewels on monday in moscow again between russia. russia the u.s. and france where the armenian foreign minister is expect to be in attendance as a by john's foreign attend foreign ministers in geneva on thursday but clearly of that amir putin who's been calling for a cease fire for several days now as time has decided to sort of ramp things up hands this invite to both foreign ministers is there in armenia to go to moscow today it's not an invitation when inviting me putin invites former leaders or leaders members of the leadership team of former soviet republics to moscow it's not an invitation you turned now on the ground fighting has lol a bit certainly on the armenian side step and we had sustained bombing really from sunday in gathering in intensity through