houses, now azerbaijan is very much in control. this graffiti wa5 azerbaijan is very much in control. this graffiti was done by soldiers thi5 graffiti was done by soldiers as they captured the village. they have even put their names there, all the places they came from. our minder says his family was forced out in the first wall. —— war. i am out in the first wall. -- war. i am sure the — out in the first wall. -- war. i am sure the population _ out in the first wall. -- war. i am sure the population is _ out in the first wall. -- war. i am sure the population is not - out in the first wall. -- war. i am sure the population is not more i out in the first wall. —— war. i —n sure the population is not more than a thousand. do you know the number of refugees from azerbaijan? a million. they came here 30 years ago. if you move to someplace that does not belong to you, there will come a time when you need to move out of there. the come a time when you need to move out of there-— out of there. the next day, our mind there i

cashier something from azerbaijan. cashier something from when _ azerbaijan. cashier something from when we _ azerbaijan. cashier something from when we went _ azerbaijan. cashier something from when we went there? . azerbaijan. cashier something l from when we went there? this was the church —— can i show, they opened in 2017. an then we went back there yesterday —— and then. can you say? it has been totally destroyed? because it is a location, _ been totally destroyed? because it is a location, i— been totally destroyed? because it is a location, i don't _ been totally destroyed? because it is a location, i don't know, - it is a location, i don't know, i need to double—check it. you i need to double-check it. you can see here, the _ i need to double-check it. you can see here, the tree, - i need to double—check it. you can see here, the tree, the tree there and this is the site which we were given for where the church, the chapel was. it has been destroyed. in the church, the chapel was. it has been destroyed.— has been destroyed. in that are

now azerbaijan i5 armenians here in these houses. now azerbaijan is very much controlling it. this graffiti is done by the soldiers a5 it. this graffiti is done by the soldiers as they captured this village. they have even put their names up there, other names of the places where they come from. —— for the names. 0ur mind tells us his family was forced out of nagorno—karabakh during the first one. what happened to your family has now happened to lots of ethnic armenian familie5. you must understand how they feel now. do understand how they feel now. drr know the population numbers around? i'm sure it is more than a thousand. you know the number of refugees from azerbaijan? million. they came here 30 years ago. if you move to a place that does not belong to you, you have to know that there will be a time when you have to out. the next da , our time when you have to out. the next day. our mind _ time when you have to out. the next day. our mind is— time when you have to out. the next day, our mind is nowhere _ time when you have to out. the next day, our mind is nowhere

if not, azerbaijan will surely get its way and be allowed to take control. this family's concerns are more short term. they are waiting in yerevan for news of eric. good luck, i wish you good luck, especially, i hope you find your brother. and could we toast to armenians and azerbaijanis living side—by—side, or is that too much? it is an idea which almost everyone we've spoken to for this film thinks is unrealistic right now. his mum is listening from the corner. two wars, two very different outcomes. for azerbaijan, the struggle for karabakh is over. forarmenians, it's very much alive. good evening. the clocks spring forward an hour tonight some warm weather on the way for the next few days, although if you are in the north—west of scotland, prepare for heavy rain which could cause some localised flooding. the rain has already arrived, a band of rain to start sunday across parts of northern england, wales and northern ireland. that will move north through the day, so sunshine and showers will be replaced by cloud and persistent rain, especially heavy

more than eight cities of azerbaijan have been destroyed. it is like hiroshima, but a nuclear bomb hasn't been used. >> on the steps of their old house, they are drinking tea and making plans to live once again in karabakh. ali is on the phone to his daughter. >> amongst teautiful scenery, karabakh's cycle of destruction continues. bbc news, azerbaijan. laura: the legacy of war in nagorno-karabakh. in other news, the lawyer for alexei navalny says the long-standing critic of president putin is in poor health, suffering from back pain and he can barely use one of his legs. russian officials says his condition was stable and satisfactory. his lawyer has accused russian authorities of torturing him. the suspect at the shooting at a grocery store in boulder, colorado may his first appearance today. he was -- made his first appearance today. he was held without bail and told the judge she understood his rights under the law and did not enter a plea. on this day 10 years ago, mass protests spread across syria, the start of a lengthy and deadly ser

more than eight cities of azerbaijan have been destroyed. it is like hiroshima, but a nuclear bomb hasn't been used. >> on the steps of their old house, they are drinking tea and making plans to live once again in karabakh. ali is on the phone to his daughter. >> amongst theeautiful scenery, karabakh's cycle of destruction continues. bbc news, azerbaijan. laura: the legacy of war in nagorno-karabakh. in other news, the lawyer for alexei navalny says the long-standing critic of president putin is in poor health, suffering from back pain and he can barely use one of his legs. russian officials says his condition was stable and satisfactory. his lawyer has accused russian authorities of torturing him. the suspect at the shooting at a grocery store in boulder, colorado may his first appearance today. he was -- made his first appearance today. he was held without bail and told the judge she understood his rights under the law and did not enter a plea. on this day 10 years ago, mass protests spread across syria, the start of a lengthy and deadly s

so you are happy to have pressure there, it is better than having azerbaijan occupy you? >> we are happy to live in our homeland, to continue our struggle for our independence and for our dignified life. reporter: shock waves the feet continue to reverberate in armenian politics. regular demonstrations have been calling for the prime minister to step down. critics sa he should have maintained better relations with moscow and, given azerbaijan's relations with turkey, given concessions to avoid war. >> despite all these facts, he chose to reject the peace proposal which were negotiated -- peace proposals which were negotiated. so it is a huge diplomatic failure for armenia in nagorno-karabakh. reporter: in nagorno-karabakh, the question is what russia does next. does moscow want a military presence that protects the armenian enclave, or will it go along with azerbaijan's wishes and eventually hand over all of nagorno-kabakh to them. jonah fisher, cbc news. laura: in other news aroun the world, the ethiopian prime minister says eritrea is going to withdraw troops from the b

jonah fisher, bbc news, azerbaijan. in other news — a lawyer forjailed russian opposition leader alexei navalny says the long—standing critic of president putin is in poor health, suffering from acute back pain and can barely use one of his legs. russia's prison service claimed his condition was stable and satisfactory. mr navalny has accused prison authorities of torturing him by depriving him of sleep. the suspect in the killings at the grocery store in boulder, colorado made his first court appearance today, charged with ten counts of murder and one of attempted murder. the man was ordered to be held without bail while his mental health was assessed. he told the judge he understood his rights under the law. he did not enter a plea. on this day ten years ago, mass protests spread across syria — the start of what became a lengthy and deadly civil war. one—and—a—half million syrians fled to lebanon, where they now face blame for social and economic problems. carine torbey reports from beirut. this boy is fro

so you are happy to have pressure there, it is better than having azerbaijan occupy you? >> we are happy to live in our homeland, to continue our struggle for our independence and for our dignified life. reporter: shock waves the feet continue to reverberate in armenian politics. regular demonstrations have been calling for the prime minister to step down. critics say he should have maintained better relations with moscow and, given azerbaijan's relations with turkey, given concessions to avoid war. >> despite all these facts, he chose to reject the peace proposal which were negotiated -- peace proposals which were negotiated. so it is a huge diplomatic failure for armenia in nagorno-karabakh. reporter: in nagorno-karabakh, the question is what russia does next. does moscow want a military presence that protects the armenian enclave, or will it go along with azerbaijan's wishes and eventually hand over all of nagorno-kabakh to them. jonah fisher, cbc news. laura: in other news aroun the world, the ethiopian prime minister says eritrea is going to withdraw troops from the

it's better than having azerbaijan occupy you. we are happy to live in our homeland and to continue our struggle for our independence and for our dignified life in the world. the shock waves of the defeat continue to reverberate in armenian politics. there have been regular demonstrations calling for nikol pashinyan, the prime minister, to step down. critics say he should have maintained better relations with moscow and — given azerbaijan's alliance with turkey — made concessions to avoid war. despite all of these facts, nikol pashinyan chose to reject the peace proposals before negotiating. to reject the peace proposals that were negotiated. so that was a huge diplomatic failure that actually brought a catastrophe to armenia and nagorno karabakh. for nagorno—karabakh the question is now what russia does next. does moscow want a long—term military presence that protects the armenian enclave, or will it go along with azerbaijan's wishes and eventually hand all of karabakh to them? jonah fisher, bbc news, armenia. at least f

it's better than having azerbaijan occupy you. the shock waves of the defeat continue to reverberate in armenian politics. there have been regular demonstrations calling for nikol pashinyan, the prime minister, to step down. critics say he should have maintained better relations with moscow and — given azerbaijan's alliance with turkey — made concessions to avoid war. despite all of these facts, nikol pashinyan chose to reject the peace proposals that were negotiated. so that was a huge diplomatic failure that actually brought a catastrophe to armenia and nagorno—karabakh. for nagorno—karabakh the question is now what russia does next. does moscow want a long—term military presence that protects the armenian enclave, or will it go along with azerbaijan's wishes and eventually hand all of karabakh to them? jonah fisher, bbc news, armenia. a long dispute continues. in other news, the ethiopian prime minister says eritrea has agreed to withdraw its troops from the border with tigray. eritrean troops have been accused of wid

stalled peace talks with azerbaijan over nagorno-karabakh collapsed. armed and assisted by turkey, azerbaijan went on a devastating offensive. to stave off a complete route, he accepted a humiliating russian-brokered cease-fire giving up swathes of formerly armenian-controlled territory. it cost him huge lyrical capital and opened a rift between his government and the military. >> this is the end of the velvet revolution. he made it clear in his speech -- he said this is the end of velvet. what that means and what comes after is anyone's guess. there is a lot of instability in the country after the war that ended in november 2020. the opposition has been calling for his resignation. >> not long ago, he was the figurehead for a more democratic and equitable armenia. now his political future hanks in the balance. >> let's bring our guests in. we have a member parliament, and an independent analyst on conflict resolution, former advisor to the prime minister, and the president of the international center for human development and ad hoc advisor to the pre

nikol pashinyan has been under pressure after armenia's defeat to azerbaijan in nagorno—karabakh last year. paul hawkins reports. opposition protesters to force their way into the government building. but this is armenia, not america. and along the way the call for prime minister nikol pashinyan's resignation. eventually holding a rally inside the building. the calls continued into the evening outside parliament. the people, the army, victory, they shouted. last week the army called and the prime minister and his cabinet to resign after he sacked a commander. they blame him for losing last year's blame him for losing last yea r�*s conflict blame him for losing last year's conflict with azerbaijan of the disputed region of nagorno—karabakh. translation: nagorno-karabakh. translation: everyone absolutely _ translation: everyone absolutely everyone - translation: everyone absolutely everyone who translation: everyone | absolutely everyone who is present here, we are tired of nikol pashinyan. we are not satisfied with the current situation in the country. we want to stop the country o

even if elections were to go ahead and despite his drop in popularity since the war over as if with azerbaijan he would still be able to win where i'm standing now is where he will be gathering off his much older people to mark the anniversary back in 2008 when the army and the police is supposed to be open for killing more than 80 people with depression and he's using the sound of the street to say that this will never happen under his government and not what will that this rally has been about this evening. u.n. secretary general antonio guterres says the humanitarian situation in yemen has never been worse disaster in the world to help starving yemenis the united nations is holding its annual donor conference the u.s. has announced an additional 100 and $91000000.00 in additional humanitarian aid that brings its total financial supports to 350000000 dollars this year organizers want to raise really $4000000000.00. to date i mean is bearing down on yemen the race is on if we want to prevent hunger and starvation from taking millions of lives it is impossible to overstate the severity of the

has been under pressure from the opposition to step down his handling of the conflict with azerbaijan over the disputed they're going to care about the region. for the former french president nicolas sarkozy has been found guilty of corruption he's been sentenced to 3 years in jail although 2 years were suspended if the conviction is upheld on appeal he may serve his sentence under house arrest but as natasha butler reports from paris it's made a political comeback unlikely. nicolas sarkozy arrived at caught in paris for the verdict in his trial a judge found the former french president guilty of corruption and influence peddling he was given a 3 year jail sentence with 2 years suspended he left the call to that comment but his noise later said that he would appeal so cozy was convicted of trying to influence a magistrate in 2014 to obtain information about another legal case against him during the trial he denied the accusations but the judge said that sarkozy and his 2 kohak used knew exactly what they would doing the judge told the court he took advantage of his status and the rela

it's better than having azerbaijan occupy you. the shockwaves of the defeat continue to reverberate in armenian politics. there have been regular demonstrations calling for nikol pashinyan, the prime minister, to step down. critics say he should have maintained better relations with moscow and — given azerbaijan's alliance with turkey — made concessions to avoid war. despite all of these facts, nikol pashinyan chose to reject the peace proposals that were negotiated. so that was a huge diplomatic failure that actually brought a catastrophe to armenia and nagorno—karabakh. for nagorno—karabakh, the question is now what russia does next. does moscow want a long—term military presence that protects the armenian enclave, or will it go along with azerbaijan's wishes and eventually hand all of karabakh to them? jonah fisher, bbc news, armenia. you're watching bbc news. do stay with us, more coming up shortly. good evening. today brought some impressive skyscapes, and big clouds like this tend to bring heavy showers. and the sh

front line of the new gorno care about war and violent conflict between his country and neighboring azerbaijan in his new painting he associates the biblical figure of judith a jewish widow who saved her hometown from a syrian soldiers with armenia is trying to come to terms with his country's defeat . beautifully sometimes it happens that you paint take a painting and spoil it deliberately you understand that you will continue to work and finish a painting after all it's a similar process to dealing with a war you just have to go through it. which. very cuddly is painting style mixes armenian traditions and national colors with soviet era aesthetics and images of superheroes and iconic movie characters. as a volunteer soldier barely cartney ended up in the so-called hell's gorge near the city of shusha the clashes there were especially brutal. for. us we were attacked with rockets and cluster bombs were used terrible. if we hadn't been able to shelter in this cave many of us would have died because we were bombed very aggressively and when i look at this photo i can't believe it's me sometime

meanwhile the hosts of the world cup cats have been playing an international friendly with azerbaijan and it looks like they'll get a 2nd win in a week in a row they came from behind with 2 goals from have made us a 2nd that stunner they lead to one with just a few minutes left in that game a day after clinching rugby's a 6 nations tie to wales have finally been able to lift the trophy they won the championship after their neighbors challengers francais lost at home to scotland on friday skipper adam when jones was handed the trophy at a ceremony at the team's base earlier is the 2nd time they've won the tournament in 3 years. everybody knows the rugby history and well i think young rugby players grow up dreaming that killing the jews even when they do it means so much to them i think we understand that we just custodians of the jews for purity of tone and so we want to do the piece might make and i should print really. one of the vice to famous climates in the world to alex huddled says at the sporting clays and in the tokyo and in pics could take the sports to new heights on old was

under pressure to resign over his handling of the conflict at azure -- azerbaijan. anchor: the biden administration is defending its actions against saudi arabia over the murder of the journalist, khashoggi. they clarified steps taken on friday afternoon intelligent were word accusing the crown prince of an operation to kill or capture khashoggi. no direct action has been taken toward the future saudi king. the white house says it reserves the right to sanction him in the future if necessary. the biden administration imposed sanctions on agents believed to be involved in the killing, including the former deputy chief. the state department is also urging saudi arabia to disband the rapid intervention force, the elite unit believed to be the hind the murder. >> we have urged saudi arabia to disband this group and adopt institutional systemic reform and controls to secure that operations cease and cease completely. we have made a crystal clear and will continue to do so that the brutal killing of jamal khashoggi remains a night -- remains an acceptable conduct. at the

the front line of the new gorno car about war a violent conflict between his country and neighboring azerbaijan in his new painting he associates the biblical figure of judas a jewish widow who saved her hometown from a syrian soldiers with armenia is trying to come to terms with his country's defeat . beautifully sometimes it happens that you paint take a painting and spoil it deliberately you understand that you will continue to work and finish a painting after all i'm sure it's a similar process to dealing with a war you just have to go through the other peers rist not the truth. which. very cognisant painting style mixes armenian traditions and national colors with soviet era ascetics and images of superheroes and iconic movie characters. as a volunteer soldier barely cartney ended up in the so-called hell's gorge near the city of shusha the clashes there were especially brutal. for. us we were attacked with rockets and cluster bombs were used terrible. if we hadn't been able to shelter in this cave many of us would have died would be because we were bombed very aggressively when i look at

armenians embattled prime minister under pressure to resign for his handling of the conflict against azerbaijan. ministration is defending its actions against saudi arabia over the murder of the journalist. the state department has clarified steps taken on friday after the release of an intelligence report accusing saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin salmond of approval an operation to kill or capture. however no direct action has been taken towards the future saudi king at the white house says it reserves the right to sanction him in the future if necessary instead the biden administration impose sanctions on saudi agents believed to be involved in the killing including the former deputy intelligence chief mohamed el siri for the state department is also urging saudi arabia to disband the rapid intervention force that's the elite unit believed to be behind the murder. we have urged saudi arabia to disband this group and then adopt institutional systemic reforms and controls to ensure that our anti dissident activities and operations cease and cease completely we have made crystal clear an

media's embattled prime minister under pressure to resign for his handling of the conflict against azerbaijan. so we begin with the breaking news out of nigeria where the government says $279.00 schoolgirls kidnapped a northwest and foreign state have been released a gunman took them from a state run school on friday it is the latest in a series of abductions in the region and let's cross over straight away to an interest is in the town of cosell in south boston and joins us now so ahmed what more do we know. what basically you know but figures. 7 to 9 earlier we were reporting 317 girls kidnapped from that school now the governor just funny should dressing be. kates here they say that the process of taking them back took a moment while he apologized for that and that basically it was a bit of penton bandits people who have repented and given up against the state that actually took the skills from those who could not them earlier now basically they have been a process of negotiations between authorities here and people who've been terrorizing communities across islam for a state in other part

him of striking and humiliating striking a humiliating deal to end the recent war with neighboring azerbaijan but even has his supporters deserted him pushing on his refusing to step down over puerto aleksandra pro pec kenko is sent is sending us this report have a look. nothing new in armenia as capital year of on board the opposition has staged demonstrations in recent days for these 2 young armenians the future of their country is very important. 7 to us take it is now its most vocal and. full of day. here today. and then just express my. position together with my friends and with my. colleagues. here today. to protect our dignity. tensions remain high in europe on after prime minister need call passion young rejected calls by top military officers to resign on saturday evening president garman's yun who plays a largely ceremonial role refused to fire the army's chief of staff despite the prime minister's claim that the military is attempting a coup. many observers say that the situation here is unprecedented and dangerous they're calling it a new chapter in the political crisis that follo

he's been facing growing calls to step down over his handling of the nagorno karabakh conflict with azerbaijan we do hope expect to have a live update from our correspondent on the scene of that government building coming up later for you this hour. violent protests are broken out in ireland and denmark has people taken to the streets to demonstrate against strict coronavirus curbs. leave. feel. all those protests in several e.u. countries as there is an increasing transmission rates over 19 here in france the health minister has described the situation as. the epidemic with tens of thousands of new cases being registered every day now as a result of that over the weekend several times in france went into new weekend lockdowns and it does look as if that is going to be expanded there across the country here in paris the various discussing a mini 3 week lockdown it seems to many that the 50 that's been in place for several months now is more working but that's not the case according to the country's director general of health the situation is obviously very tense the government has taken strong

believe he sold out the country when he signed the cease fire deal last week after a 6 year war with azerbaijan over the disputed region of nagorno-karabakh protesters have been gathering since tuesday. yet until recently some 2000 anti-government protesters gathered in the streets of the armenian capital here of on to demand prime minister nicole questionee and step down thank us for several months in fact we are gathered here today because the situation in the country is unacceptable for us there is no statehood in this country at all and we will remain here until nickel question ian's resignation. was going to cause the cries profession ians removal began in november when he signed a cease fire agreement with azerbaijan ending 6 weeks of fighting over the contested region of nagorno-karabakh opponents of the accord see it as a blow to armenia sovereignty. question ian has defended the peace deal saying it was the only way to stop the azerbaijani army taking over even more territory but it has created a rift between pressuring me and the military and last month he fired a top general who had

some in the army say the prime minister mishandled that war with azerbaijan robin forrester walker reports now from yerevan on the challenges for some of the was most seriously injured voters that is a veteran from meany is recent war with azerbaijan he is adjusting to his new life a life without. voters that lost his arms rescuing his own brother who'd been wounded in the leg it's almost too much for their mother liana to remember that day . very was that was with his brother in the ambulance when the shell struck the despite his pain my brother came to help me the medic and driver rule so wounded the interior was on fire the mattresses were burning but we drove on while my brother tried to put out the fire. officially knowing 1094000000 soldiers were wounded in the 6 week war over in the go no care about. talk to treat some of the most seriously injured at this rehabilitation center in central europe . as so many get back to something you never get used to all of this it's very difficult to see these young soldiers and many of them are helpless as a doctor it's terribly difficult for me

armenia as embattled prime minister under pressure to resign for his handling of the conflict with azerbaijan. and a new coal mine projects in the u.k. could undermine its credibility ahead of a climate summit. it's time for the perfect gentleman who went on sponsored play qatar airways and i once again welcome to another look at the international full cost with say some very heavy right into the korean peninsula recently big bank of cloud here now in the process of moving through right state and snow again making its way across southern all the house of japan but it will improve as we go through the next couple of days. bright skies coming back in but with the winds coming in from a northerly direction it's going to freshen up to temperatures in tokyo to around 13 souses but at least be plenty of sunshine around that sunshine stretches across the korean peninsula to northern parts of china because some right in the south on this west the weather will gather a move towards the east coast easing out across east china say they'll be some rain then for shanghai temperatures around 15 degrees cel

he's been facing growing calls to step down over his handling of the newborn a cut off conflict with azerbaijan and more recently after a standoff with the country's military now we have a correspondent in the capital and he is following the crowds as they make their way through the city will be crossing live him a little bit later in the program so do stay tuned for that report. violent protests have broken out in ireland and denmark as people took to the streets to demonstrate against stricter coronavirus curbs. i. feel. all those protests in several e.u. countries as there is an increasing transmission rates over 19 here in france the health minister has described the situation as. the epidemic here with tens of thousands of new cases being registered every day now as a result of that over the weekend several times in france went into new weekend lockdowns and it does look as if that is going to be expanded to other across the country here in paris the various discussing a mini 3 week lockdown it seems to many that the 50 that's been in place for several months now is more working but that's

anger has been brewing since november about a peace deal struck with azerbaijan over the disputed no corner kora bok region armenian saw the agreement as an embarrassing defeat and storms the parliament building in your of on in response bigger sort of reported from there at the height of the crisis and outlined the troubled path that's led to what's happening now. this whole process that has been brewing for months because it all stems from manias and while nagorno-karabakh a defeat in last year's war the armenian government the promise their people that they would come out victorious out of this clash with their by john over the issue of this disputed region over to go in a cab back so when i was there by john and i mean he signed a peace deal which russia effectively brokered it came poor mean eons for ordinary people as an absolute shock because according to that deal they had to concede 2 thirds of the going to come back to azerbaijan and that's when it's that's when people started to come out. the streets passion and he tried to just push the blame on something else at a certai

turkey denies it at disturbing a moment early on the organized also denies attacking ourselves with azerbaijan and syrian mercenaries 30 keep some denying everything so that doesn't mean i think they did and i don't want to show in fact and in fairness some of those missing reasons are linked to british backed the missing in the in the syrian war we've investigated that on the program says i'll stop you there more from the system down from man about speaking truth to power after this break plus we hear from the former turkish ambassador to the u.k. . on the campaign trail joe biden said nothing would fundamentally change he was right washington is against you legally and bombing syria and why trump is. anytime soon. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guests of the world of politics or business i'm showbusiness i'll see them. welcome back i'm still here with this with the down lead singer says thank you since a lot of what we're talking about is the whole being in a sense tell me about that great legendary had landed records boss that's again famous for ray

day calling for the resignation of nicole pasha they're angry at his handling of last year's war with azerbaijan which many of us as a humiliating defeat although protests have been on and off since the war ended in november demonstrations erupted on thursday when passion yob defied a call by the military to resign and accuse the army of a coup attempt here's how the situation unfolded. the prime minister and the governments of no longer able to make adequate decisions in this fateful and critical situation for the armenian people given the current situation the own forces of. the received nation of the prime minister and the government. you. might want to also this is the general's job god borders and the territorial integrity of armenia this is my order and no one can disobey to do it without holding this rally and will finish all actions will sit down at the negotiating table with the opposition for consultations on elections both were are. are ready for consistency and both of them. and asked people in to square to go on the stand being the only of the scientific community top politicians pa

know turkey denies it a disturbing moment early on going to china also denies attacking ourselves with azerbaijan and syrian mercenaries turkey keeps on denying everything so that doesn't mean i think they did and i do want to show in fact in fairness some of those mercenaries are linked to british backed. in the in the syrian war we've investigate that on the program so stop you there more from the system down from man about speaking truth to power after this break plus we hear from the former turkish ambassador to the u.k. . joining me every 1st day on the alex simon show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics for. i'm showbusiness i'll see you then. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy. let it be an arms race. spearing dramatic to follow only. i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. since it other than. pay them is going to. live up to him i'm. very. touched his opinion i mean the next. moment on. live you can feel good in the end user. i don't do that in the stuff you put in the end of the. we

anger has been brewing since november about a peace deal struck with azerbaijan over the disputed nagorno-karabakh region armenia's armenians saw the agreement as an embarrassing defeat and stormed the parliament parliament building in your of on in response to your start of reported from there at the height of the crisis and outlined the troubled path that's led to what's happening now. this whole process that has been brewing for months because it all stems from meaning as and we're going to tax defeat in last year's war the armenian government the promise their people that they would come out victorious out of this clash with their by john over the issue of this disputed region over to go in a cab out so when i was there by john and i mean you signed a peace deal which russia effectively brokered it came poor mean eons for ordinary people as an absolute shock because according to that deal they had to concede 2 thirds of the going to come back to azerbaijan and that's when that's when people started to come out to the streets. passion and he tried to just push the blame on something else and at

nikol pashinyan has been under pressure since armenia's defeat by azerbaijan in the six—week conflict in nagorno—karabakh last year. russell trott reports. opposition protesters forcing their way into a government building. but this is armenia, not america. along the way, they called for prime minister nikol pashinyan�*s resignation. eventually holding a rally inside the building. and the calls continued into the evening outside parliament. the people, the army, victory, they shouted. last week, the army: the prime minister and his cabinet to resign after he sacked a commander. they blame him for losing last year's conflict with azerbaijan over the disputed region of nagorno—karabakh. translation: nagorno-karabakh. translation: , ., translation: everyone, absolutely _ translation: everyone, absolutely everyone - translation: everyone, absolutely everyone who | translation: everyone, | absolutely everyone who is present here, we are tired of nikol pashinyan, we are not satisfied with the current situation in the country, we want to stop armenia being disgraced in front of the who

nikol pashinyan has been under pressure after armenia's defeat to azerbaijan over the six—week conflict in nagorno—karabakh at the end of last year. paul hawkins reports. 0pposition protesters to force their way into the government building. but this is armenia, not america. and along the way the call for prime minister nikol pashinyan's resignation. eventually holding a rally inside the building. the calls continued into the evening outside parliament. "the people, the army, victory," they shouted. last week the army called and the prime minister and his cabinet to resign after he sacked a commander. they blame him for losing last year's conflict with azerbaijan of the disputed region of nagorno—karabakh. translation: everyone absolutely everyone i who is present here, we are tired of nikol pashinyan. we are not satisfied with the current situation in the country. we want to stop the country of armenia being disgraced in the eyes of the whole world. translation: the governor of the region, the mayors i of the cities of spitak and vanadzor have declared their disobedience to nikol p

turkey denies it at disturbing a moment early on the underside also denies attacking ourselves with azerbaijan and syrian mercenaries turkey keeps on denying everything so that doesn't mean i think they did and i don't want to show in fact and in fairness some of those mercenaries are linked to british backed. in the in the syrian war we've investigated that on the program so just stop you there more from the system down from man about speaking truth to power after this break plus we hear from the former turkish ambassador to the u.k. . joining me every 1st day on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to a guest of the world of politics or business i'm show business i'll see you then. are all those driven by the dream of. the day or thinks. they are going to ask. since that other day when. they pay for them is going. to let them do so. thank. you that's. just the type to punish when i mean that. mom i'm going to have. always been. there you can feel good in though it. will. be good again it was on those on the. welcome back i'm still here with the down lead singer says thank you since a l

absolute shock because according to that deal they had to concede 2 thirds of the go and care about to azerbaijan and that when it's part that's when people started to come to the streets passion and he tried to just push the blame on something else and at a certain point it was almost like he was trying to blame the military to blame the saudis for not doing enough he obviously he retracted that he later he said that he did mean that but that's when the bad blood between him and the military started because i've been there and soldiers they did all they could they just they were overpowered militarily they were overpowered they had no response they had no answer to the drone problem because the drones they were just obliterating their positions which were absolutely not ready for you know their defense systems were not ready for that so that defeat having to concede to. the territories which are overwhelmingly populated by the ethnically armenian people that was absolutely devastating and through the course of all these months it seems and while it is obvious now passion and hasn't done enough t

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denies it at disturbing a moment i'll go on the road at night or kelso denies attacking our south with azerbaijan and syrian mercenaries 30 keeps on denying everything so that doesn't mean i think they did and i do want to show in fact in fairness some of those mess and reasons are linked to british backed the missing in the in the syrian war we've investigated that on the program says i'll stop you there more from the system down from man about speaking truth to power after this break plus we hear from the former turkish ambassador to the u.k. . joining me every thursday on the alex simon show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm showbusiness i'll see that. welcome back i'm still here with this would only thing it says thank you since a lot of what we're talking about is the whole being in a sense tell me about that great legendary atlanta records boss that's again famous for ray charles that zeppelin and you you came to suspect him i'm sure he would deny any and all being well that's the that's the funny thing i didn't six-pack them at all it 1st i had a ba

pressure she had to step down some of the obvious say the prime minister mishandle asters war with azerbaijan thousands of armenians were killed in the 6 week conflict in the go ahead of our road forestay walker reports are for me out of our on the challenges for some of the wars most seriously injured voters that is a veteran from recent war with azerbaijan he is adjusting to his new life a life without arms voters that lost his arms rescuing his own brother who'd been wounded in the leg it's almost too much for their mother leanna to remember that day. veterans that was with his brother in the ambulance when the shell struck that biomarker despite his pain my brother came to help me the medic and driver also wounded the interior was on fire the mattresses were burning but we drove on while my brother tried to put out the fire. officially 9094 armenian soldiers were wounded in the 6 week war over in the go no care about the octopus treats some of the most seriously injured at this rehabilitation center in central europe. as so many get back to something you never get used to all of this it's

let's take azerbaijan first. azerbaijan and thought it which got a go together, i don't know but they seem to have these things, there interesting places because that medline seems to work pretty well to now. in other words, the russians were forced back across the border. u.n. forces came in, so cozy when over and played the gran kuba and whatever -- so cozy -- and he went back. now it's happening is, at a talk about this in the book because i talk to a couple of these peacekeepers who were responsible for this. they said they're trying to do it bit by bit inch by inch sort of like was happening in donbass in eastern ukraine. what i'm suggesting is we would have to see those lines are held and held firmly and there's no question about it and a statement has to be made by all of the parties concerned. my fear is that may not be but so far it's worked so there we are. putin has not managed to really take over georgia are really take over substantial portion of the part of the world. >> next question is weedy but w

passionately and but under pressure from the opposition to step down for his handling of the conflict with azerbaijan over nagorno-karabakh his supporters and opponents both held large rallies in the capital on monday the u.s. president has held virtual talks with his mexican counterpart with immigration trade on the coronavirus pandemic on the agenda and raise money told joe biden that both nations are safer and stronger together. the u.s. has provided ukraine with $125000000.00 in military aid to help it combat what the pentagon is calling russian aggression the package will include training and equipment it's aimed at helping ukraine's forces to secure the border and improve their ability to perform operations to nato standards. zimbabwe's vice president kemba hadi has resigned following allegations of sexual misconduct 2 weeks ago local media reported that mahadeo had relationships with a number of married women he has denied the accusations. so those were the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after witness statement that sought by fidel. warning. to. be. this color of the sky. prin

armenians who believe he sold out the country when he signed a cease fire deal after a 6 week war with azerbaijan last year they have been a gathering around the parliament building since tuesday. yet analysis some 2000 anti-government protesters gathered in the streets of the armenian capital given to demand prime minister nicole question ian step down thank us 1st of all we are gathered here today because the situation in the country is unacceptable for us there is no statehood in this country at all and we will remain here until nickel question ian's resignation. was up and going to court the cries for question ian's removal began in november when he signed a cease fire agreement with azerbaijan and then 6 weeks of fighting over the contested region of nagorno-karabakh opponents of the accord see it as a blow to armenia sovereignty. question ian has defended the peace deal saying it was the only way to stop the azerbaijani army taking over even more territory but has created a rift between pressuring me and the military and last month he fired a top general who had signed a letter demanding hi

according to reports in dish beagle the accusations against him relate to tourism advertisement for azerbaijan in a newspaper he publishes hauptmann denies receiving money or allowing such business activities to influence his actions as a politician but conservatives are promising they'll clean things up. you know. we need to go a whole step further and make it clear that what is legally possible is not necessarily acceptable for us we need a code of conduct that clearly states that it's not possible or acceptable under any circumstances to benefit financially from ditties that members of parliament carry out as part of their job. up to your seat the allegations of sleaze have forced the cd you want to the defensive health minister against bon has felt the need to publish the names of all bundestag members who spoke with his ministry about the provision of protective masks. and party leader in lash it in his job for less than 2 months sounds increasingly worried by what's been dubbed the mosque scandal. skeete neil i am focused on modernization over the next few years i don't want to allow thi

according to reports in desh beagle the accusations against him relate to tourism advertisement for azerbaijan in a newspaper he publishes hauptmann denies receiving money or allowing such by.

prosecutors claim he and other former and current members of the understand receive voting bribe some azerbaijan he says the allegations are groundless another philip down 2 is under scrutiny for his lobbying work for us company is this the tip of the iceberg in your party what happened people got too greedy is it let me let me let me be very crystal clear on the other by john of the council of your issue i took over the position of axel fisher at 2800 to take care of the anti corruption investigation in the council of europe which we undertook where and a number of members were banned for life from the assembly both mr fischer and mr strengths were no no longer sent to to the council of europe by my party in 2018 both of them have not been renominated as candidates for the next parliamentary election sometimes in a democracy clean up takes takes a bit of time right ok and variously quaver with but having out of time where i only have time thank you very much for being with us all conflicts are appreciating your tank you get to see the. such. good news crime fighters are back for those most succ

jonah fisher, bbc news, azerbaijan. you might not expect an environmental campaigner to celebrate nearly 60 acres of trees being cut down. but that's what's happening in northumberland in england. the forest clearance is going to save an ancient peat bog, which traps far more carbon than trees ever could. 0ur chief environment correspondent justin rowlatt has the story. this machine can take down a 20 metre tree in seconds. four of them have been working for days in this forest. it is one of the final stages in a 50—year project to restore one of the rarest ecosystems in the country, a vast network of bogs known as the border mires. now these bog land ecosystems may not look like much but they are incredible, some of them are 15 metres deep, so seven times my height. and they are an amazing store of carbon, some of them contain plants that grew 12,000 years ago when the glaciers retreated from northern england at the end of the last ice age. restoring them has been the lifework of 87—year—old angus lunn. my intere

political crisis nickel and other pressure from the opposition to step down is one of the conflict with azerbaijan nagorno karabakh. former french president nicolas sarkozy has been found guilty of corruption he's been sentenced to 3 years in jail 02 years was suspended sarkozy has appealed and is facing at least 2 other cases. mexico's president to sell virtual talks with his u.s. counterpart stressing the need to cooperate on a range of issues and there's money in there has told joe biden that both countries are safer and stronger together they spoke about immigration vaccine supply and trade cooperation among a number of other concerns and the u.s. is providing ukraine with 125000000 dollars in military aid to help it combat what the pentagon is calling russian aggression the package will include training and equipment so those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after one of the nice staging that's a watching by. teaching. english streaming night. last thousands of our programs will be documentaries. subscribed to eugene. al-jazeera english. coby 19 has taken a heavy toll w

frontline of the new gorno cover about war and violent conflict between his country and neighboring azerbaijan in his new painting he associates the biblical figure of judas a jewish widow who saved her hometown from a syrian soldiers with armenia is trying to come to terms with this country's defeat of the workers which groups are better for it sometimes it happens that you paint take a painting and spoil it deliberately you understand that you will continue to work and finish a painting after all i'm sure it's a similar process to dealing with the war you just have to go through let them know that there is risk not the truth approach of a couple of those which are. very cognisant painting style mixes armenian traditions and national colors with soviet era aesthetics and images of superheroes and iconic movie characters. as a volunteer soldier really caught me ended up in the so-called hell's gorge near the city of shusha the clashes there were especially brutal. we were attacked with rockets and cluster bombs were used terrible. if we hadn't been able to shelter in this cave many of us would

the prime minister has faced a backlash since signing a cease-fire agreement with azerbaijan to end fighting. the deal saw a number of districts previously under armenian control fall into azerbaijani hands. last week, the army demanded the prime minister step down, prompting him to cry a coup attempt. >> the army does not intervene in politics. the army must execute the decisions of those elected by the people. >> in another sign of mounting tensions, the armenian president refused to sign off on the general's removal, calling it unconstitutional. >> ousted leader aung san suu kyi appeared in court on monday via video link. it was the first time she has been seen in public since her government was toppled. it is the first time her lawyers have seen her since she was detained in the february 1 coup. at the same time, her supporters marched in several towns and cities in defiance of the military's brutal crackdown on protests. >> not seen in public since being ousted and detained by myanmar's military, aung san suu kyi appeared by video in court on monday. >> together with the president and t