my nigerian on al-jazeera. this is al-jazeera. 10100 hours g.m.t. here on al-jazeera hello i'm come all sons of maria and this is the news of. the battle between amina and azerbaijan intensifies over the disputed region of the go to cut about. we'll have a live report from the front line. there actually is yours is the radical left what do you she was a minister who is on your list you know this is not just on the president actually . donald trump and joe biden trade insults and accusations in their 1st debate

ahead of november's presidential election. swears in its new emir who calls for unity in the face of multiple challenges. with sports including basketball here and abroad james he says playing inside the n.b.a. bubble has been the toughest test of his career as he and the l.a. lakers prepare to take on the miami heat in the finals. for a 4th day and azerbaijan are engaged in fierce battles over the disputed region of mokoena kind of a both sides have also rejected international demands for a ceasefire on the ground they're attacking each other with artillery with rockets with other heavy weapons civilian and mid military casualties are being reported on both sides now turkey says it will back azerbaijan by quote every means available

and france which is part of the international group trying to mediate a truce has criticized ankara for that saying those calls are warlike rhetoric so far as to walker is in tbilisi for us monitoring events from neighboring georgia. this isn't looking good is it the amount of talk and you and i talked about this yesterday the amount of talk about a cease fire and about trying to mediate but neither side seems to want to listen. no and again as you said a 4th day with artillery fire traded on both sides across the entire line of control that according to the armenian ministry of defense of course we have to listen to both so it's often very much competing narratives but just for a quick overview azerbaijan says that it's been struck again by armenian artillery inside the country seen it would be to tell us about that a lid in

a little bit armenia standing by its claim that a turkish f. 16 fighter jet brought down one of its sukhoi croft yesterday and they've just recently published photographs of what appears to be a crashed craft on a mountainside in armenia but a little earlier i spoke to a spokesperson from the is very side who said that the media needs to come clean intriguing claim that it was 2 aircraft i mean an aircraft that came down but that would have been due to pilot or technical error and had nothing to do with any. dogfights taking place over armenian airspace with turkish fighter jets. and insists that he's the prime minister of armenian since the key is somehow involved but as yet he has not appealed to the security block that i mean is a part of that russia is a part of for assistance it's called the c.s.t.

the concern is that if he trickett that request other countries would have to pile into this conflict at the moment press union is saying that this is something that armenia is able to handle on its own revenue interested you know about who's getting caught in the middle here when we look at those pictures we see 2 armies firing heavily at each other there's a civilian population to think about. that's right and actually it's a sobering thought because we do tend to talk about what we what we're being told we're given all the technical information the armories and so forth but yes real people people not in uniform are suffering tremendously from this those on the ground the women the children because the men of course is signing up those of fighting age. who are called to sheltering in bunkers we know in places like like the capital the same happening in azerbaijan and of course also

the numbers the sheer numbers of military men who are so many of them in the in both countries who've signed up or who are in the army and if the casualties which are adding up are to be listened to perhaps hundreds perhaps even over a 1000 soldiers might have died in the last few days we don't have accurate figures think of all of those families that have the now suffering terribly as a result of this conflict thank you for the update robin foresty walk in tbilisi well the u.n. security council's adopted 4 resolutions on this conflict we're going to get a bit of background with jimmy not mammadov a who is a caucus regional expert specializes on russia and the former soviet union joining us from london jimmy look we are seeing a very acute conflict on the ground right now but they keep trying to resolve this and don't seem to make any progress. indeed this is

a very tense conflict at the moment to see what's going on and sides both countries are losing their people their soldiers and civilians. you have to acknowledge that the conflict has been going on pomus the years it seems like for azerbaijan this is the moment of truth and i think that as a bunch on is going to push until you know they will basically what they're trying to do now is to conquer more territory and to bring back the territories that according to international law will. also azerbaijan their international choice as part of azerbaijan so basically for azerbaijan fines for justice and they are proceeding with all the consequences that we're currently see on the ground basically. also backed by turkey why have those u.n. resolutions and the efforts of the mint's group really come to nothing so is it just

2 sides who are in their belief about their right to this land or is this something else in the way well i think that we have to realize that our need has either been supported by russia although both russian or media accept the fact that now or in a car of spite of us by shant i think that is a bunch on to be honest has been extremely patient in trying to resolve this conflict to diplomatic means so we have seen numerous meetings on. you know we have seen raw shops you know. francois united states trying to resolve this conflict through diplomatic talks mostly but i think for back to it's it's a moment as i said it's a moment of truth i mean they realize that you know they cannot wait any longer the complex it's still the people you have to understand that people are dying and have been dying throughout this time and i'm something has to be done about this so what

now we've got to as i say in a very acute conflict on the ground where both sides are rejecting the idea of any mediation do you feel is any hope of stopping this particular battle no. it's a very delicate situation because of it because other powers are on board and used as well we can see turkey being quite supportive but also there was an information there about turkish planes flying in and out from us by john we also see that russians are slowly slowly becoming more involved by again verb only trying to be neutral but at the same time recognizing that are nice part of the c.s. you know blocks are they have to do something to you to prove to other countries in the region and their members to go secure a job and i say sure that they can actually back their lives so it's

a very delicate situation that i think you know everybody has to be extremely careful here because we heard those rumors about you know a turkey shut down i mean young plane i mean i would expect some more protocol. similar to the one we have seen on social media but again i think that as a bunch honest trying to be asked careful as possible. and north to you know make this conflict go beyond the nagorno-karabakh region so basically at the moment it's still a local conflict. jim a moment over with her thoughts on this conflict in nocona kind of act thank you jimmy though we do appreciate it thank you for having me. we're going to head out towards the front lines now simcoe scioli our correspondent who's moved on to in azerbaijan an update from you soon and what are you seeing.

kemah we're in bar down almost 8 kilometers to the close to. actually we are hearing all the time we're hearing the poundings of the us are vigilant to their main inside and from iranian side to. side people who are here i'm on a very small hill on the top of a small hill as civilians here gather around here to to watch the other side of the conflict and actually the sound is coming from my left this is this way. we always see fumes small i must tell you that the city center this week center of stars are the largest radio in the region of the area has been targeted by the armenian military and this morning around 8 am a rocket hit city center and 7 civilians were injured one of them was killed one of them died after he was taken to the hospital the locals are telling me that 5

civilians lost their lives within the last 2 days it is very tense the children and the women were taken out of the towns and villages as the conflict started earlier this week people are telling us that there are very few people inside but the villages the district centers are indiscriminately being targeted that's why sometimes civilians get injured or killed on the both sides as well as we know as we have been reporting from both sides but this is a situation that the atmosphere is tense the situation is tense here people are scared but on the other hand azerbaijan people are hopeful the day they say that they are going to take their lands that have been that have been occupied by there are many and forces that's why they are very curious about what's going on here people who are here watching the other side of other side of the contract like we

are hearing from the locals that. we are 8 kilometers close to go knock out about about azerbaijan military has already been inside so technically we are 15 kilometers to the context line as the as our vision people say they call this contact line here. we are trying to speak to people to see how they feel of course there are some funerals for the people who lost their lives. in the last 4 days we have heard. we have heard also the military members are of course being killed but so far as our range on state has never given any number on the military casualties on their own side probably this is the way of the propaganda machine that works because we never hear about that there are many inside claims that they have killed many great job military but when you look at the field when you look at

what's going on when you hear those pounding all the time and when you listen to both officials from both azerbaijan and many inside the conflict seems to be remaining this way for a while because neither of the sides are planning to give up and my cameraman will khan is trying to show view the smokes around here and the sounds. and not many people of course. but everything is very clear as we are also very close to the close to the area and by the way the telephone internet there almost blocked they don't work so that's why we are a little bit restricted in terms of communication. as i said things don't seem to be settling and maybe paul can get back to me over this camera and yes we are we are still hearing the poundings and this is what we can explain from here come

out and we will be with you in other lives yes ok thank you great reporting there from sin and cos you know on the front lines in azerbaijan in going to talk about. we're a quarter past this news hour here is what's coming up one of hong kong's most prominent activist back in court as the pressure grows on the pro-democracy movements and sport rafa nadal prepares for the latest challenge as he bids for a brecourt extending victory at the french open peter would you support would like to. so chaotic interruptions personal insults they mobbed the 1st debate between u.s. president donald trump and his democratic challenger joe biden discussions on coronavirus civil unrest in the economy they were there but they often got drowned out john hendren as a report from cleveland ohio it was less a debate than

a verbal brawl president donald trump lagging in polls and lashed out early in dominated the clock trump repeatedly sought to throw joe biden off balance with a big blizzard of interruptions that left the moderators scrambling to regain control and i was going to ask about mcnair chris you're not writing letters nowadays but i may ask like well i wouldn't i mean i'm not a writer and just as i and i would like you to let me ask my question and then you can answer go ahead friend i do want to get rid of i understand it sucked but i have to keep having to give you roughly equal time but he's let the vice president biden sometimes struggling to get back to his point repeatedly lost patience it's hard to get anywhere do with this clown would you shoot out mason there were moments of coherent conversation on why each should be president because there is never been an administration or a president who has done more than i have done in a period of 3 and a half years and why the other man should not under this president we've become

weaker sicker poor more divided and more violent. when i was vice president we inherited a recession i've gone head to head with putin and made it clear to him we're not going to take any of us stuff he's putin's puppy bitter exchanges on the coronavirus doesn't put you believe for a moment what he's telling you in light of all the lies he's told you about the whole issue relating to covert a lot of people died and a lot more going to die unless he gets a lot smarter a lot so has the president don't ever use the word smart with me and there were heated accusations over taxes but why did i do it over one in the last 25 years not because i would otherwise he do it ok gillard president screwed things up you are a senator and the worst president is america has never had a trump denied a new york times report that he pays a pittance in taxes is it true that you paid $750.00 in federal income taxes

each of those 2 year was a wager tax i paid 38000000 dollars one year i paid $27.00 michaud issues tragedy here and the president declines once again to condemn white supremacists but are you willing tonight to condemn white supremacy yes and militia groups i would say almost everything i see is from the left wing by trying to be the adult in the room the man with a plan to resolve the coronavirus and to restore civility to government trial tried to befuddle biden with constant interruptions playing into the narrative that the former vice president is beyond his prime and trump sought to draw biden's a higher with attacks on his son hunter with some success hunter got thrown out of the military he was thrown out dishonorably discharged not true as it turns out and he is my son like a lot of people like a lot of people you know at home had a drug problem he's overtaken it he's he's he's fixed it he's worked on it and i'm

proud of him in his starkly divided us the debate might have changed a few minds but it might well have hardened positions between 2 candidates with little love lost between them john hendren al jazeera cleveland. john touched on something his on something in his report which i want to expand on this is trump refusing to denounce a well known american white supremacist group here is his full response to the question where he said the real threat is the radical left wing i would say almost everything i see is from the left wing not from the right now what do you want to do you say i'm willing to do anything i want to see. do it say you want to call him what do you want to call him give me a name give me a white supremacist and would you like me to indict out grow as a son right proud of my knowledge stand back and stand by but i'll tell you what i'll tell you what somebody has got to do something about anti fair and the left because this is not a right it is there is a levy are direct this is larry and we have got it right now that's not the 1st

time donald trump's refused to directly condemn white supremacist groups remember this he said it in 2017 off the death of 32 year old have a heya who was killed by a self-proclaimed neo nazi in charlotte so i want to be displayed yes i think there's blame on both sides you look at both sides i think there's blame on both sides on this side you can call of the left or you've just called them the left that came violently attacking the other group so you can say what you want but that's the way it is well an organizer of the proper words groups celebrated the president's comments in this debate seemingly taking them as old as he wrote on social media trump told them to stand by because they need someone to deal with and he goes on to say we're ready randon o'connell with us now associate professor of american politics at the university of sydney. brandon there's a lot you could take away from this debate

a lot of shouting to be fair but this seems to be the biggest thing i think the fact that the president said stand by. when challenged about a group like the problem boys and what sort of impact do you think that could have . well the context is that the proud boys see themselves as a white nationalist group there are a neo nazi group and i suppose and teva is best understood as an anti fascist current so in most countries being an anti fascist is a good thing and being a neo nazi there's a very bad thing and so it's remarkable for a us president not to fall into that common understanding to give these groups some degree of a when can a notch inside look there on my side therefore they must be good people or there's decent people on both sides as your report said those famous call me and after those terrible events in charlottesville a few years ago once again donald trump is unable to do what nearly any other

politician who's elected to office in america window and would condemn rices would condemn people who condone violence he just continues to give these groups a pass or a wink and a notch and say look they're decent people do you think this will continue to keep popping up in the in the next debates and all the campaigning to come because goodness knows there's plenty of other stuff to to to to deal with with coronavirus with the economy with with. racism and police brutality many other things. yes it is one of these things that i suppose gives a bit of a sense of trump being similar to some of the far right politicians nigel and others in europe who are these right wing populous who have tended to head this view that why people love hate timbs the the course of history is moving

against white people and it's this kind of resentful attitude that i think strum into these very strange associations with groups not just political groups but often groups that have the jet have a vigilante sort of culture they're distracting i mean as you side there are much bigger issues at stake in terms of what americans are concerned with they're concerned obviously about the coronavirus of a 205000 people have died from the corona virus in the united states and it was remarkable that there wasn't a centralized throughout the divide in some ways i think the moderator literally put off a little lightly on that question and joe biden didn't quite can trump on this issue a new as much as the mind because i think from the outside countries like australia germany or canada will look at the united states and think this is being terribly dealt with by the present brain and there is this perennial debate about the debates themselves and they are worth i guess not just for you and for of us here

more than a 1000 americans who watched the debate gave their reaction in a c.b.s. you got poll just afterwards 48 percent of them said joe biden won the debate 41 percent said trump did and 10 percent thought it was a tie and overwhelming vote brenden 83 percent of them said the tone of the debate was negative and most said they actually felt annoyed watching it only 17 percent said it was positive so you start to wonder and in fact the line of seeing a lot on social media today is that no one won but america lost because they actually there was nothing to really get out of this other than 2 men shouting at each other. yeah it was terrible facilitate was a terrible sort of example for children it was terrible for democracy i think trump interrupted biden of lot at the 1st 30 minutes of the debate chris wallace lost control of the debate early on and then as the debate sort of window along biden got more aggravated sit a few things to trump the we haven't seen on debates in the past ever calling trump

a clown telling him to shut up chris wallace grabbed a little bit more control back of the debate as it went along but it just had this sort of effect of a schoolyard bully taunting biden and biden occasionally coming back with frustration going on at a fine it was very frustrating to watch this is my job to watch it of watch many of these debates since i've been old enough and it was the worst by far in terms of getting to the issues very little substance in the debate and so the kind of thing that turns people off politics but i think that is trump sign trump one of trump same's is to make people not think it's worthwhile voting politics is a waste of time and then the election just comes down to the loyalists oh and we get to more of these debates as well. thank you for joining us from milton today my pleasure. kuwait's new emir has been sworn in the day after the death of the

nation's late will a ceremony was held in parliament for 83 year old chick now a fall off i don't he paid tribute to his half brother violating the law. who died on tuesday at the age of 91 a funeral will be held once his body arise from the united states where he was receiving medical care. really bill just. as a soon this huge burden of this office i promise god almighty i promise our homeland and our people that i will spare no effort so that i will continue to work to save the interests of our homeland preserve the freedoms of our people their welfare and continue to support the peoples of kuwait and i pray to god almighty to guide our steps forward. shell covering the story for us as we were yesterday when we 1st heard the news jamal i mean how much has changed in kuwait now that there is a new emir is it's a passing of the baton and sort all of this instance usual. for at least for the

immediate future yes. there was a very orderly transition or it appears to be a very orderly transition that started the. crown prince the heir apparent. sworn in 1st he was selected by the cabinets to take the reins of the state and then he was sworn in in front of the parliament which for the cemented the what appears to be the unanimous support the tea enjoys amongst the people. as you mentioned there will be a burial in the next few hours the body of the late. arriving from the united states to kuwait city and the will one thought burial taking place then we'll probably start seeing world leaders arriving to pray their respects and condolences to the emir of kuwait there will be that period of mourning that will be given before we will start seems real signs of what kind of direction the new.

no waf will be taking kuwait in whether it will be or continuation as it appears at least from the signals that have been coming from kuwait city where they will be in the same direction as his predecessor his brother or whether there will be some changes obviously there will need to be some sort of bold decision making happening over the next 12 months not least in terms of announcing who. he will appoint his era but also the formation of a government that needs to deal with some very real challenges that kuwait faces particularly with coleridge being one of the worst hit in the region or at least in the gulf corporation council with this pandemic but also from an economic perspective as well thank you jim. with news on the new in the year in kuwait as reference there are a number of new challenges ahead a shake in the off kuwait one of the 1st countries hit by kofi 19 and as john said one of the worst affected in the region which is hurting the economy facing the highest budget deficit in history on the table are also kuwait's plans to reduce

its export population to resolve a demographic imbalance there and that is an issue that's given rise to some anti ex-pat rhetoric corruption the theft of state funds are also a major issue something the new emir expects to tackle before parliamentary elections later this year he also faces several regional and global challenges kuwait late had a major role in achieving regional peace and stability through mediation a senior political analyst is mon cher mon we were talking yesterday about kuwait's relative stability and the fact that because it has this parliamentary system it does have that stability but when i go through those issues there is plenty for this new emir to have to deal with. well you know i mean just by the nature of its recent history of. the country and it's in the air and have been risk averse. and since it's already relatively rich country small country and it needs to. devise

a foreign policy accordingly according to its history according to its presence and according to the diversity of its nation. having had that sort of division of labor between a legislative national assembly and an executive and the body of that winning soundly i think a way charted a way forward that is very much coaches' balance seeking yes stability and that of course was reflected. in the way you dealt with the various challenges cannot make it otherwise but also it's regional is there room for friction between the parliament and then you in iraq i think to recall the kuwaiti government can be dissolved quite or in the possible has been dissolved almost you know every couple of years. just to

put it in the perspective of your earlier coverage they want to have. in the american debate if that's what you're asking. clearly as i said there's a division of labor and i think that's. more like the rising. of the of the political situation in kuwait than confrontation and so in the sense that when you have a division of labor you'll always have one part the right to dictate a bit more to try to get a front and as a legislative body that the parliament has that kind of oversight and it didn't even bother to be under the lace in the air being able to question government officials.