pillaged for profit by illegal timber trade one of one east investigates the plunder of cambodia's forests. on al-jazeera 'd. azerbaijan and armenia accuse each other of starting a new war over control of the disputed region of nagorno-karabakh. hello again peter i'll be here in doha you're watching al-jazeera these are your top stories. peaceful negotiations can succeed they will succeed in bringing relief to the yemeni people. yemen's warring factions agreed to what the u.n. is calling the biggest prisoner exchange deal since the conflict began. the french

president emmanuel mccall talking right now hits out at lebanon's leaders after failing to form a nonpartisan cabinet. also ahead getting help from space we look at how satellites are helping to reduce the environmental impact of farming. there's been a major escalation in the conflict between armenia and azerbaijan over the disputed region of nagorno-karabakh the violence began early on sunday morning both sides have to clear martial law and they're blaming each other for the flare up countries around the world russia france and iran are all calling for calm turkey is backing azerbaijan and has called on the international community to stand by it is charlotte ballasts. armenia's defense ministry tweeted these videos on sunday morning it says the show is eerie tanks that have just been destroyed in the

disputed region of nuku nuku era back within a few hours the armenian seed 15 drones 10 tanks and 4 helicopters had been. destroyed early in the morning ground. forces launched large scale aggression including missile attacks. a long line of contre that contact with off talking. they are targeting civilian population and saving any infrastructure government leaders and condemned what they called propaganda and said a counter offensive operation had been launched after forces were attacked nagorno-karabakh is an internationally recognized part of azerbaijan but is controlled by armenian forces the region has declared itself independent and relies on i mean if a support in an emergency parliamentary session the president of new goanna karabakh declared martial law as well as military mobilization from innovating.

most of all the people of nagorno-karabakh want peace we've already see it the responsibility for any resumption of the war will rest with the government of azerbaijan today tomorrow and in the future russia's foreign ministry said the situation has sharply deteriorated and they had reports of untinged shelling from both sides the kremlin along with the e.u. and france a calling for an immediate ceasefire frequency of escalation even if they are controlled are suggesting we are really entering a very dangerous. where it can definitely get out of control especially when new players regional players are being dragged into. the disputed sound of the 1991 collapse of the soviet union when i mean separatists seized the territory 30000 died in fighting. in 1904 a cease fire was agreed but talks to resolve the dispute stew.

nearly 2 decades later tensions rose again in july with the worst fighting since 26 during the last year. so the our media and leader nicole partin none has been saying he no longer wants to negotiate according to the horror that people like me had been trying to bring together between azerbaijan and armenia he said the border is always going to be part of armenia that has really ticked off very severe negative emotions and of if i jump. on his repeatedly valid to recapture nickel and care that by force and i mean he has vowed to defend the territory well it is disputed which side moved on sunday morning it's clear both remain determined to claim to go in a karabakh as their own shelob ellis al-jazeera. while staying with us story our correspondent robin for a stray was monitoring developments from tbilisi in georgia. we're still hearing

about ongoing. fighting the figures of course fluid as well we know of at least 10 armenian military personnel dead. as a by john also admitting casualties and also civilian dead on both sides so it's looking like in just a single day of fighting so far at least as many people killed as we had seen over several days when there was an outbreak of conflict in july but this is fighting of a different category this is taking place across the whole along the whole line of control and this is the area on the edge of karabakh territory with with azerbaijan controlled on the one side by armenian forces who mostly control. the higher positions and as ery forces positions along that line of control and also the armenians are saying that artillery fired by these areas has struck

positions not just on that line of control but also within the karabakh region including to panic at the capital which makes this a very a whole different category of seriousness in terms of this fighting the yemeni government and to see rebels of finalized a deal to exchange more than 1000 prisoners the u.n. special envoy to yemen's as the swap will happen immediately the agreement has been hailed as an important milestone with compromise on both sides. this is the u.n. 1st major achievement in yemen in years that healthy is and the government have agreed to exchange prisoners the deal was initially struck into 1000 to 18 in sweden but never implemented the 1081 individuals. would and indeed will represent the

largest relief operation during the history of the conflict in yemen peaceful negotiations can succeed and they will succeed in bringing relief to the yemeni people and building confidence for the peace process. implemented this new deal would pave the way to a broader prisoner swap. 6 years says the houthi is took over the capital sana fighting continue claiming the lives of thousands of people the fate of thousands of prisoners is yet to be decided the un hopes the warring factions will resume talks soon to free all prisoners at the end of the day only parties to the conflict can bring long lasting positive change that yemeni people so neat. i believe over the last days we have been reminded here again that small steps that

can have big impact are possible and much needed in yemen today. in the past tribal leaders and clerics brokered major prisoner exchanges but never managed to get all the parties to and the conflict. the saudi backed government insists a political deal will only happen once the houthi is pull out from the areas they controlled into $1014.00 and had over their weapons condition dismissed by the iran backed rebels who describe themselves as legitimate representatives of the yemeni people. in 2018 un envoy announced what he described as a landmark deal in yemen the stockholm agreement consisted of a prisoner swap the creation of a demilitarized zone in cities on the red sea and to the fighting in tires and

a commitment from all the parties to start political talks to end the conflict but within days the deal collapsed and fighting could resume. but many things have changed since the store call my dream and the ho these have considered dative their military gains in the north u.a.e. back to session this control most of the south. president had he has lost significant influence here runs the few areas still under his control from exile in saudi arabia. the un has described the humanitarian crisis in yemen as the worst in the world most of its people including 12000000 children need humanitarian assistance many hope this agreement may be a step towards an and to a war that is raising the threat of yemen's disintegration. al-jazeera.

the french president emmanuel mackerel has criticized lebanese leaders over their failure to form a new government the prime minister designate most of a quit on saturday less than a month after he was given the job 60 yard daniela's a city unusual was has happened over the last few hours and days was clarification on that lebanese political forces and their leaders clearly did not wish to respect the commitments made before france and the international community they decided and i'm forced to make a cruel assessment a month later they decided to betray that commitment in the lebanese political forces favored their partisan choices to the determines of the country in a moment we'll talk live to is in order in beirut 1st to paris and our correspondent there natasha tasha he's still speaking what's he been saying.

well a very strong words from the french president a man or macron who accused lebanon's political leaders of betrayal he said they had betrayed their people by thing a link to form a government to push through urgently needed reforms in the country he said he singled out i should say hezbollah but he was sone seriously critical of all the political classes he said that they had failed also not to use time in the right way he said they'd wasted time they'd wasted a month in which lebanon could be accessing international aid now that international aid have been raised in august in a video conference nearly $300000000.00 but the condition of receiving that aid was that lebanon lebanon would form a government but that had not happened it was very clear it is very clear that my course seems personally very upset he said in the beginning of the month of september had sat around the table with various political leaders and lebannon who

seemed to assure him that they would come together and try and form a government and push through reforms but they had failed to do that he said that they had only in the time that has passed looked after their own interests can he go further than this. well it's hard to tell i mean a man or michael wasn't left with so many options because him and omar krause planned the plan that he said france had for lebanon to help it through this economic and political crisis basically there were 2 options for lebanon's political leaders on one hand id form a government a new reform and well on look this is national aid and help you or you don't form a government you don't reform and you won't receive international aid well it seems that the latter is the case however mt omar crowd did say that he was going to give lebanon's political leaders one last chance now what happens after that we don't

know but he said that france wanted to continue its engagement for the lebanese people because of course they were the people suffering the most in this and a matter mark ross said oh. marko i should say didn't make clear what would happen if that last chance fails to actually come up with anything if a government is not formed he was unable to say what france would do then he hasn't ruled out though the option of using french sanctions against some political leaders if they can be linked directly to corruption the tasha thank you very much natasha butler reporter neither from paris to be rude. correspondent zena harder how do you think those strong words will go down with lebanese politicians. well lebanese politicians are aware that they are under pressure but lebanese politicians are really abetting on regional changes and it seems mccraw understands

that he said that the lebanese political class is holding lebanon and the lebanese people hostage with oven on is hostage to regional and international power struggles in particular the u.s. and iranian rivalry when mccrone says this is our last chance and then he gives 6 weeks what happens in 6 weeks time the us elections and it has been law and the share parties who are allied with iran have been blamed for stalling the formation of the government in order to see whether or not the balance of power in the region can change if there is a new president in the white house will there be an agreement with iran and that way will the pressure will the pressure be less on hezbollah in lebanon because for hezbollah this is really an existential struggle because you know it sees the sanctions the u.s. sanctions on the group as well as the international community and i think mccraw as harsh language when he said has you cannot be a political party and be

a militia killing civilians in syria was definitely a 1st because we have to remember yes the united states considers the military and political wing of hezbollah as terrorist organizations but europe does not consider the political wing of hezbollah a terrorist organization in fact that's a main point of difference between the u.s. and france when dealing with lebanon is so is this a cross saying that we could include your political wing on the terrorism list so a lot of warnings indirect threats but really no action taken and in terms of the action being taken that is still very clearly cross-head to the idea of some sort of political progress because until that happens the people of be routed who suffered so much in the aftermath of the porch explosion they don't get more they don't see more money coming into the economy and being spent properly. yes billions of dollars are needed an i.m.f.

bailout plan is needed to order to kick start the economy it wasn't just the beirut blast the economic situation was dire months before that the currency collapse that lost 80 percent of its value and fact it continues to lose value following the announcement that the prime minister designate stepped aside late yesterday so people are concerned they know that if there is no quote a credible government or a government that is seen to be legitimate in the eyes of the international community that money will not be pouring in the country many people have already started to pack their bags but people are really disillusioned because a lot of them at least those who were calling for change those who wanted a new leadership they were pinning their hopes on the international community and now what they see is that the international community really they've become players in a bigger power struggle the regional and international power struggle and it's playing out in lebanon and people here just do not have time many of them 55 percent of the population of 5000000 people are now officially poor ok's in it we must leave it

there are many things in order reporting live there from beirut. now a developing aspect to a story we've covered quite a bit here on this channel just 2 days after being sworn in the money and president has named an interim prime minister he's a former foreign minister mocks on a he'll take over the world and so the appointment will end sanctions ecowas sanctions placed on the country following a military coup last month our correspondent nicholas hawke is following moving story from the senegalese capital dhaka nic what does this mean. well hopefully that means 'd probably still be an end to those sanctions put in place by the west african body ecowas remember they said when they met with the military it's not just a new president that's needed or a new vice president it's the new prime minister it's someone that has to be a civilian and someone that has been nominated by a chorus of people including the end 5 the opposition opposition group that

led the rallies that led to. leaving power so i know that they were involved in the nomination and they were asked to give 3 names that were to bring the people together as the prime minister and so that's the challenge ahead for this your prime minister now he was as you mentioned a foreign minister during a previous presidency in 2400 touring and since then he's been known to on the public radar he hasn't been outspoken during the opposition protest against kate nor has he been outspoken during the military takeover serie a discreet man. and he 5 is a tough job now to nominate a new government we're told that the new government will be nominated on tuesday and then 1 obviously the hopes that these ecowas frank sions will be lifted remember that that includes no financial transaction 'd from west african countries towards mali nor is there any trade the borders are closed and that is really in

the words of the military junta it's $68.00 in licola me of the country that's already badly affected by the armed groups battling out in the center in the north of the country so a lot of work at hand for this new prime minister beautifully nick was this a precondition on the part about who was in the prime minister designate should be clearly identified as being somehow off the radar over the past 4 or 5 years but also crucially formally a civilian not somebody from the military. absolutely and that's vests really. the communication that the military jensen wants to show that they are 1 taking over power during this transition period but the civilians are actively part of this of this period of transition remember this is this who have been at a time where there's some of the most powerful european armies in the country 4 and when you have you have 4000 more than 4000 french troops you have european troops

you have the biggest deployment of german soldiers and any foreign deployment here in in mali you have 14000 u.n. troops and it's about you have a military coup so it's key for this transition government that they have the backing and the support of those countries that are actively supporting the mahdi army to try to to battle out these these armed groups that are in fact gaining ground in the center of the country again there's been an attack in the mctee region where modern soldiers have died and this is the number one requirement for the money and people the return of the state the return of security and then on the job at hand for not just the president the vice president now this new prime minister who will have to know many of the new government and really get to work 'd soon as tuesday when this government will be made public ok there are many things good to talk to nic thank you and it has all been reporting all not still breaking

developing story out of money banks a year of the police and on the roof have arrested dozens of protesters calling for the president to resign tens of thousands of people running in the capital means they're marking 50 days since i think fondly shanku was declared winner of last month's disputed presidential election. u.s. democrats gearing up today to oppose the potential appointment of a new justice to the u.s. supreme court president trump has officially nominated amy barrett and if confirmed her appointment would further consolidate a conservative majority in the court for decades to come the democrat senate minority leader chuck schumer says the impact of that would be felt immediately she will be the swing vote on that court and if she gets on the court it's a virtual certainty that over 150000000 americans heard care health care will be hurt dramatically a vote for amy connie barrett is a vote to decimate the health care that so many americans need.

journalists in hong kong a warning of a new threat to media freedom hundreds of them have lost their accreditation after changes in the definition of what constitutes a recognized and a legitimate media organization that follows leaders in china imposing a controversial and widely condemned security law 3 months ago interim brown picks up the story. during the recent protests local as well as foreign journalists have often been in the thick of it some from the profusion of new online media outlets often working on paid others included journalism students as well as freelance photographers like may james here being arrested last october. now hong kong's police force has announced that the media credentials that she and other local journalists hold will no longer be recognised. james insists she

has a right to take pictures in public but now faces the prospect of a rest again if she does i just want to be there to take some picture to share with all my social media for that's it and then. i get a take and i get a rest and i get to take i don't know or maybe i just simply just being stuff i feel alice i miss everything. hong kong police say they want to weed out what they say are self-proclaimed reporters who assault and obstruct offices so will only now acknowledge journalists who are registered with the government or from what it calls internationally recognized and renowned media outlets the police declined our request for an interview. some of the most widely viewed images include those of a 12 year old schoolgirl being shoved to the ground by police these pictures were not filmed by the mainstream media though but by journalism students now say

critics the police want to limit any negative coverage reporters there when reporters citizen journalists are off or on the very front lawyer of the pack of all of turned a list for some of the very important for pictures have been done by them cause very strong public reactions hong kong's media was once regarded as one of the freest in asia in 2002 it was ranked 18 in the annual index compiled by reporters without borders an organization the tracks media freedom in $180.00 countries this year it was placed 80 of them and that was before police raided the offices of hong kong's most popular newspaper and arrested its proprietor it follow china's imposition of a highly controversial new security law that includes specific provisions to tighten supervision and regulation of both local and international media in the

territory adrian brown al-jazeera hong kong. there have been anti-government protests in egypt for a 7th straight day in a change from past demonstrations those protests are happening in small cities such as giza and in areas in southern egypt at least one person has been killed in the rallies against corruption a bad economy poor living conditions and the demolition of neighborhoods egyptian president says the country is undergoing necessary reforms. he back dean. who there are 2 things we can bet on we are following a path of reform and building development and reconstruction and we will continue to do so because our country needs that people do understand that and bear its cost was the economic reform easy everybody suffered from it but with the grace of god we passed through it and we achieved successes which i can tell you the whole world is talking about with god's grace the whole world is saying that despite all the circumstances of crowd a virus a troubled economy

a halt in tourism and trade egypt with god's grace is still fine. turning to the coronavirus pandemic firstly let's take a look at the least figures from johns hopkins were approaching 1000000 deaths worldwide from covert 19 in a period of time covering less than 10 months now more than a 5th of those are in one country the united states mexico india and brazil have also been very badly affected australians are having restrictions eased in the infection represent victoria state the premier there daniel andrews says a nighttime curfew and some other curbs will be removed almost immediately 5000000 australians in the state capital melbourne have been under a stringent lockdown since early august to prevent a 2nd wave of the virus but the premier is warning of large fines for anyone joining what police consider unlawful gatherings. the u.s. state of new york has recorded the highest number of new cases in months now more

than infections are being reported the cases have been rising the last few weeks as businesses and schools reopened. demonstrators in argentina are demanding the government ease virus restrictions because they say the situation is quote critical 6 month long course the already fragile economy to shrink by 19 percent in the 2nd quarter. was in the capital. satellites in space are doing all sorts of clever things on earth that includes telling farmers exactly how much fertilizer or pesticide they need to spread on their fields the technology is aimed at cutting waste and boosting crops. that story from southern sweet. much has changed since last 1st got behind the wheel of a tractor as a 16 year old 45 years on these farm machines are space age they're still doing the same job of spreading manure on the fields but now they have an extra terrestrial

help beam straight down into the tractor from the skies. yeah. in years gone by just dust smoke a chemical these days it's comfy seats ac and satellites telling us exactly where we are and what we need to do on a square meter of the field. the treasure of the 2020s is packed with high tech equipment sensors measure crop density to see exactly how much pesticide is needed and where not too little to endanger the crops or too much to endanger people while satellites analyze a host of factors such as soil quality and nitrogen uptake in a sugar beet field like this one a farmer would normally have to use a mixture of guesswork and experience to decide the amount of fertilizer but beaming down information from a satellite can mean waste for the food industry and less of an impact on the

environment. it could be a small step for man in balancing our need for crops with our need not to destroy the planet or ourselves the united nations said 3 years ago that 200000 people were dying annually from toxic exposure to pesticides while excess fertilizer becomes greenhouse gas or leeches into rivers and oceans the. menand farming co-operative in sweden says it aims to hollow its climate impact every 10 years while increasing production partly with the help of the satellite platform invented by 22 year old robert schmidt the correct amount of enables you to have the best of the best quality of the plant if you apply too much then it will be bad for the environment or if you're a little it might be a bad 40 year old or the quality of the crop with our technology with it being able to reduce the i want to wasted nutrients by about half the coronavirus pandemic has

shown a greater local food supply to be more vital than ever high tech tractors may mean climate goals don't have to take a backseat as a result. paul reese al-jazeera of sweden. exactly half past the these are your top stories about john and armenia are accusing each other of starting a war over the control of the disputed region of nagorno-karabakh both sides have declared martial law there are reports of civilian casualties a spokesman for the as a persian presidency told al-jazeera he says the goal is to retake all territory controlled by armenian forces armenia's foreign minister also spoke to al-jazeera and as a persian is committing pre-planned aggression he insists his country wants dialogue and an end to the conflict just 2 days after being sworn in mani's

president has named an interim prime minister the former foreign minister. will take over the role it's hoped the appointment will end sanctions placed on money by west african countries ecowas following a military coup there last month nick carter has been following developments from senegal. this is the number one requirement for the money and people the return of the state the return of security and the job at hand for not just the president vice president now this new prime minister who will have to nominee the new government and really get to work soon as today when this government will be made public yemen's warring sides have agreed to exchange more than 1000 detainees the u.n. special envoy to yemen says the move sends a message that peaceful negotiations can succeed in the last hour the french president emmanuel macro has condemned lebanese leaders over their failure to form a technocratic government the prime minister designate must have

a deep decided to quit on saturday less than a month after he was given the job of forming a new government. the police and by the roofs of arrested dozens of protesters calling for the president's resignation tens of thousands are rallying in the capital minsk there marking 50 days since alexander lukashenko was declared winner of last month's disputed presidential election. u.s. democrats securing up to oppose the potential appointment of a new supreme court justice president trump has officially now nominated amy kearney barrett if confirmed her appointment would further consolidate a conservative majority in the court for decades the democrat senate leader chuck schumer says the impact of that would be felt immediately i'll have the news for you in a little under 30 minutes 60 minutes of news and comment between now and then inside story season.

rare protests against the government is sweeping egypt thousands have rallied in towns and cities demanding that the president resign it's tough security crackdown has been launched and yet people are not giving up the town the protesters achieve lasting political change this is inside story. hello i'm rob matheson welcome to the program president abdel fattah el-sisi has to go that's the call being made and rare protests against the leadership in egypt friday was dubbed a day of rage.