in the span that we meet with global newsmakers and talk about the stories that matter to 0. the leaders of armenia and azerbaijan ignore international appeals to end their intensifying battle over the disputed nagorno-karabakh region. hello and barbara starr you're watching out as the real live from london also coming up. he's putin's puppy delivery use the word smart with me you are the worst groceries in. the 1st debate between donald trump and joe biden turns into

a bitter battle marred by insults and interruptions. protests erupt in several parts of india after the authorities cremains the body of a teenage gang rape victim without their families can say. this covert 1000 cases a rise of rapidly in britain so there's anger at the prime minister. hello welcome to the program international pressure is growing on armenia and azerbaijan to end their fierce battle over the disputed region of nagorno-karabakh both sides are reporting more civilian and military casualties after a force they are fighting but the leaders of both countries are digging in and rejecting demands for a cease fire the fighting is centered on nagorno-karabakh in the south caucasus

charlotte bellis has more. as the international community pleaded with amenia and azerbaijan to stop fighting they did the opposite now in its 4th day violence is increasing in the disputed region of nepal new karabakh. and it threatens to spread outside the immediate conflict zone in azerbaijan is more than a dozen kilometers from the front line but the sound of shelling reverberates through the town. men have crowded outside conscription offices in the capital back ready to be seen to bash and. that is there's no there is no fear a country needs us will go as far as necessary for a country. karabakh is internationally recognized as part of azerbaijan but is controlled by armenian forces when the dispute began in the early 1990 s. many of these mean we're not born. we were waiting for this day i will liberate

karabakh. returned safely in armenia there were long lines to the prime minister nico passion in maine into military service the un security council repeated cools from russia france and the us to stop the sign up and step back for talks. yes the latest show little interest in negotiation. it's very hard to talk about negotiations especially about the contents when specific military operations are underway it's not clear how this fighting began on sunday but i mania and as about blame each other. as a by john says it is retaking towns and territory it lost in the 1990 s. amenia says it is repellent as area advances both countries say they are now at war and menial also alleges turkey is supporting azerbaijan in the battle to claiming a turkish if 16 fighter jet shot down in a mini and was. plane inside meaning in

a space on tuesday. turkey is backing azerbaijan but both countries say it is moral support with no military assistance. at 16 planes of the turkish air force do not participate in combat by any means today new technologies make it difficult to hide something due to objective means of surveillance that's why it's very easy to see this as just another provocation. provocations that have drawn armenia and azerbaijan into a violent confrontation with rising stakes ballasts which is era along the front line and the areas around it civilians are being caught in the crossfire every day. reports are from tottered a city in central azerbaijan. around 8 am local a rocket from iranian side hits right the city's center of tar tar tar tar is one

of the largest regions as the answers cool rain surrounding the gorn a core of alfons in the north is and the rockets fell very close to public infrastructure building which is 20 or 30 meters away right behind a quarter corner there were civilians here local sellers that 7 civilians were injured and one of them already died at the hospital and they say that they are thankful the rocket didn't fully explode you see a car here parked it has been also damaged and not their owner of the car is going to tell us what happened this morning not to be on the time of some of the older girl of the motion to talk about them sort of them should accept this should be reduced to a future mission for closure should the time of took the ship to do it on nanda day mother says to us that there were other civilians here and think got his car was older the party he says at least 15 people were able to hide behind the car that's how they risked their lives and he says i can 2nd for as my car as long as the civilians are rescued and he says the answer is we'll win the battle and actually

repel the occupiers and here in my hand there are the fragments of the rockets that hit the target our city center that has been already evacuated in the last couple of days and because that became a no man's own laurine as prime minister has told al jazeera he's hoping russia will take all measures to ensure his country's security that's after turkey's president said he would stand with thousands by zhang in its battle over nagorno-karabakh or and smith reports now from yet about. nicole facing pressure from our allies france russia and the us to negotiate with azerbaijan but armenia as prime minister says now is not the time. but our task is to defend it because i was there by john launched an attack in the direction of. and obviously the very 1st task of the armenians of logan about above

is to defend against this aggression. we're going to emerge from the messy breakup of the soviet union an armenian self-governing on klav surrounded by azerbaijan as a by jan who wants control armenia says the people of color back should decide themselves what they want this latest escalation is the most serious since 1994 cease fire that ended a war which resulted in the deaths of up to 30000 military forces have you look back and said why have we got to where we are that today could i have done something differently that would have stopped this outbreak of violence and this loss of life that i want to be there are for that there is only one option. yields to azerbaijan as blackmail and threats which already near and i'm going to. cannot be acceptable. now turkey has upped the stakes offering backing to

azerbaijan a country it shares cultural and linguistic ties with russia hasn't publicly taken sides though it has a security agreement with armenia. russia has with our i mean yeah commitments in the security field to be precise corporation in the security field and that is one of the items in our agenda. the fighting has increased concerns about the stability here in the south caucasus this region is a card off of pipelines carrying oil and gas to world markets u.n. security council has called for an immediate end to the fighting calls that have so far. al-jazeera. u.s. president donald trump and his democratic rival joe biden are back on the campaign

trail after a 1st election debate that's been widely condemned as a chaotic and bad tempered one constant interruptions and personal insults drowned out the scotian of key issues like the economy civil unrest health care and the covert 1000 pandemic but most controversial was president refusal to condemn white supremacists white house correspondent kimberly healthcare. the 1st presidential debate was filled with lots of interruptions but little substantial discussion salut leave. a day later democratic members of congress are shaking their heads last night. we witnessed a debacle would usually when i don't reason the candidates fought over health care taxes and climate change but it was this moment when u.s. president donald trump was asked to denounce white supremacy that has garnered the biggest reaction sure you were americans use it like your what do you want to call

him give me a name give me a why is a protest and why do i read it can die out grow as a son right proud of my boys stand back and stand by many consider the proud boys a hate group its members marched at the unite the right rally in 2017 in charlottesville virginia and more recently have marched against black lives matter protests a social media the group has taken the president's statement as marching orders standing by sir one member wrote what we saw was a dog whistle through a bullhorn and on wednesday at a campaign stop in ohio democratic presidential nominee joe biden sent this message my message to the proud boys in every other word supremacist group is cease and desist that's not who we are the white house is defending trump it notes last week he declared the k.k.k. a terrorist organization and lynching

a hate crime. a charge that biden has failed to denounce the actions of n t 5 kolisch and of left wing activists but i'll tell you what i'll tell you what somebody has got to do something about anti for and the left because this is not a right as the republican and teachers an idea not an organizer you get it not for a nation of broiled it ongoing social unrest the exchange has only added to the emmys felt by many americans with the u.s. election now less than 5 weeks away both cat it hit the campaign trail to play of their strikes downplay the blunders of the 1st presidential debate. and kimberly joins us now from the white house kimberly as you say a debate full of blunders but really it has been overshadowed by this question about the white supremacy issue and president trump has just spoken about the white supremacy controversy as he set off for a campaign event what did he say he's really downplaying it insisting that he

did say that he would condemn and i'm going further saying that it is joe biden that needs to also condemn the extremists on the left specifically anti 1st saying that he refuses to call them an organized group but he says that's exactly what they are he also points out that he believes that when it comes to the proud boys the president says that the police need to do the hard work of protecting ordinary citizens and the proud boys need to stand down take a listen. i don't know who the drug wars are but you have to give me a definition because i really don't know who they are i can only say they have to stand down let law enforcement do their work law enforcement will do the work more and more as people see how bad this radical liberal democrat group that does it how weak the law enforcement is going to come back stronger and stronger but again i

don't know proud boys are but whoever they are they have to stand down let law enforcement do their work. that's the president's reaction what about democrats and republican politicians what has there i guess very varied reaction been to this controversy and the debate in general. yeah it's been somewhat predictable i should pick up on that other question you asked me there's one point i wanted to make that i forgot about and that is i didn't even know who the proud boys were until you know the debate as i was watching it like many other americans i had no clue who they were apparently they're a neo fascist group that feels particularly emboldened now given the sort of national spotlight they have been given in terms of the reaction from the president's own party very prominent member of the republican party fact the only african-american republican senator tim scott saying that he doesn't believe that the president intended to say what he said in other words he doesn't believe the

president was condoning racism or even white supremacist terms of other republicans they've really danced around including mitch mcconnell the republican top republican in the senate really not wanting to touch what is a very very toxic issue in the united states right now but democrats certainly want to talk about this they say this shows exactly who this president is in fact i expect that this will be played over and over in the final weeks of this campaign many democrats saying they're in disbelief what transpired in the presidential debate and 2 more debates to go as well kimberly how good of the white house thank you. well polling immediately after the debate seemed to back joe biden as the winner a c.n.n. poll found 60 percent of respondents thought biden performed the better while 28 percent thought trump had been better 5 percent thought neither man had won a c.b.s. poll also awarded the debate to biden but it was significantly tighter with 48

percent of respondents backing biden and 41 percent trump 10 percent thought it was a tie the c.b.s. poll also showed that 83 percent of respondents found the tone of the debate negative only 17 percent found that positive and 69 percent were left feeling annoyed or many voters say they're disappointed the debate descended into argument in like substance on policies from both leaders. the difficulty because there's a lot of talking. it up. from where. he was. it was very like. him and keeping his temper. where i think. is so totally him a little bit and then start to. kind of sounds really. a

lot of people already voted by mail or early voting. to confirm from. still to come in this half hour the u.s. secretary of state is denied an audience with pope francis after here just the vatican to condemn human rights abuses in china thank you wait. for you sworn in as the country's 6th leader. holloway developing a good westerly flow in our weather across europe at the moment lots of cloud of rain tumbling in from the atlantic weather systems bring you some really disturbed weather it will be wet it will be when they act laterite will make its way across

the british isles pushing across the low countries some wet weather there coming into a good part of france as we go through thursday belgium thousands also seeing some rather heavy right and just notice out into the risque we will see some very heavy rain just actually making its way in this could become the next named storm of the season it'll polocrosse the press but bring some very heavy rain in here more big downpours to central parts of europe with the possibility of some flash floods in the southeastern parts of france and some snow over the alps as well much of the western med looking a little disturbed disturbed over the next couple of days pretty disappointing here central areas will still see some sunshine but showers continuing i would tools that eastern side of here from northern africa where it is generally fine and dry we got some heavy showers through central africa notice some really wet weather which has made its way across nigeria's pushing through gonna towards the ivory coast that will continue to make its way further west was with a chance of flooding.

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now of the top stories on al-jazeera international pressure is growing on armenia and azerbaijan to end their fierce battles over the spirited region of nagorno-karabakh both sides of reporting civilian and military casualties after a forced day of fighting but their leaders are digging in rejecting the band's 1st cease fire. and u.s. president donald trump is there a critic rival joe biden are back on the campaign trail after a better and chaotic 1st presidential debate constant interruptions and personal insults drowned out much of the discussion on key issues. protests have erupted in several parts of india over the gang rape of a teenager who died from her injuries adding it to the younger family members say police have cremated her body without their consent and to schapelle reports. the women of this village have turned to each other for comfort during

a difficult time they're mourning the death of a daughter and a sister 19 year old was tortured in gang raped in india's bitter protest state her body was discovered by family members before she died of her injuries on tuesday. after that they say the police made their suffering worse. cremating her body in the middle of the night against their wishes these pictures of her funeral pyre have further angered the local community in a case that shocked the nation. after the post-mortem was done in delhi we didn't even know that a body was sent home we were not asked for any approval late in the night there were forcing us to perform the last rites we requested the latest take a home. so a family members could sue for one last time they didn't pay any heed to a request and performed her last rights we want justice we want strict legal action against them and we demand kept all punishment for the accused. local police say they had the family's approval they've deployed officers around the area to maintain calm but the community is demanding justice. for the victim's family say

they want those responsible to face the death penalty. the teenager's identity is protected by law but members of her community too often are not she was a doll it's a so-called untouchable in india's controversial caste system or the suspects are from an upper caste living right next door police have arrested 4 men in connection with the attack that's led to protest 'd prime minister narendra modi has called for strict action against the accused as quickly as possible but many have accused his hindu nationalists b j p government of not protecting vulnerable communities or of this government is against the poor minorities labor is farmers and all of the marginalised six's of society they are against those who is suffering they slogan of removing poverty is all about eliminating the poor the state's chief minister yogi addict spoke to the victim's father on wednesday through video link this case is a reminder of a similar attack in 2012 when a 23 year old medical student died after being gang raped on

a bus in delhi the attack prompted outrage and protests across india 4 men were executed for the crime earlier this year and laws were changed to provide further protection but it appears many women especially those in poor communities still face the same risks and are schapelle al-jazeera. seeing in india a court there has acquitted senior members of the governing b j p party over the demolition of a mosque almost certainly years ago former deputy prime minister krishna advani was among 32 people accused of inciting a crowd to tear down the 16th century babri mosque in 1992 the destruction triggered sectarian violence across india that killed more than 3000 people the mosque stood on a contested site and was part of a decades long dispute that fueled hindu muslim tension. and india has recorded more than 80000 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours of the climb

from its record high 2 weeks ago but it also reported more than 1100 fatalities on wednesday in the national desk toll is now nearing 100000 india has the 2nd highest number of cases in the world after the us with more than 6000000 among them is the vice president the m one k. and i do who tested positive on tuesday and is in quarantine. russia has recorded its biggest daily rise in cases since june more than 8000 new cases were reported in the past 24 hours pushing the nationwide tally to well over a 1000177 people died taking the total death toll to more than $20000.00 roscoe's a mayor said a gay soviet union that has advised the elderly and anyone with chronic health problems to stay at home. prime minister boris johnson is facing growing anger even within his own party for his handling of the coronavirus crisis

a series of policy u. turns mistakes by johnson himself and the rapidly growing number of positive cases have put the once a hugely popular leader under scrutiny paul brennan reports. when the rule of 6 people meeting was introduced in mid september to limit the size of social gatherings it was intended to simplify coronavirus restrictions but since then a kaleidoscope of different local measures have been imposed leaving the public and even the prime minister confused it's 6 in the home or 6 in the hospitality but as i understand it not 6 outside except it isn't and the resulting apology on social media simply emphasise the confusion and i created the growing disquiet over the government's handling of the crisis less than a year after sweeping to power the parliamentary majority of 80 johnson is attracting ridicule even from newspapers which are usually supportive with the speaker when parliament the prime minister's own party is angry that covert

restrictions are being imposed without the usual debate the speaker is the guardian of due process he's accused downing street of showing contempt they are very worried about the opinion polls also look at the leader of the conservative. is good as his lead over the label that is now to sit on tories johnson's personal ratings have also promise it but flanked by his scientific advisors against a backdrop of rapidly worsening infection data boris johnson appeal to cooperation we want to keep the economy moving we want to keep young people. pupils in education but the only way we can do that is if we all follow the guidance and and depress the virus one 3rd of the u.k. population is now under strict local covert restrictions measures which can sometimes seem contradictory or causing real economic suffering and can intrude deeply into family life and with

a 2nd search in the infections under way boris johnson's government is facing the loss of public and political goodwill a just the time he needs it most paul brennan al-jazeera westminster. france's highest court has ruled that a suspect in the rwandan genocide can be sent to tanzania to face trial at a special un backed court. is accused of bankrolling ethnic hutu militias who killed hundreds of thousands of tutsis and moderate hutus in 1904 and importing huge numbers of machetes the former tycoon had been on the run for more than 20 years but he's been held in a french jail since his arrest that his home outside paris earlier this year. the vatican has denied a request from my pump a.o. to meet pope francis accusing the u.s. secretary of state of trying to drag the catholic church into america's this feud with china during

a visit to rome urged catholic leaders to denounce paging violations of religious freedom including its treatment of the weaker muslim minority he has criticized an agreement struck between the vatican embassy aging over the appointment of bishops in china. lowers religious freedom under saul more than it is inside of china today to call on every faith leader to find the courage to confront religious persecution against their own communities as well as father lichtenberg against members of other faiths as well every man and woman of faith is called to exercise a moral witness against the persecution of believers. q waits late emir shaikh. has been laid to rest the day after his death a funeral procession was held for the 1991 year old leader and his 83 year old half brother has been sworn in as a successor. has more. as he arrived at the national assembly to be sworn

in kuwait's new emir received a standing ovation. and a waffle amadis of off the half brother of the late amir took the oath making him the 6th leader since the country gained independence is to walk over the ice with respect the constitution and the state's laws and to protect the rights of the people and their interests according to kuwait's constitution the parliaments must approve the appointment of a new leader it was a somber occasion to as the new leader struggled to contain his sadness at the passing of a leader loved by many in the law or the woman who had it in support of them in the law isn't shortly after the swearing in the body of ship. arrived from the us where he was being treated before he passed. out i have to have a funeral was then held at the main mosque in the front row paying his respects was the emir of qatar shift i mean been head of the fanny kuwait has been one of the house closest friends in recent years under the stewardship of the late shift the

country positioned itself as a mediator a peacemaker and a source of stability in a volatile region many hope shared no wife will do the same. the color of the quickie foreign policy will continue to be the same and that is to see that the region continues to be in peace and through conflict to be a result of dialogue we may see a small change in style over. you know between shifts over and well because they're 2 different people and we might see a small difference in style but i think the. fundamentals and accord if you like and the drives of. policy will continue to be the same but there are challenges to that the new i'm your must tackle once the morning has ended kuwait has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic and has the worst budget deficits in its history it also needs to diversify its economy away from its reliance on oil production

that's 83 years old the new amir has been serving in senior leadership positions for more than half a century including his minister of interior and minister of defense how should know what plans to meet coates challenges is yet to be known but many would look to his choice of every parent and prime minister to indicate what sorts of direction he intends to take. i would just say you know. and now remind of the top stories on al-jazeera international pressure is growing on armenia and azerbaijan to end their fierce battle over the disputed region of the cornal carabao both sides of reporting more military and civilian casualties after a 4th day of fighting for the country's leaders are digging in and rejecting demands for a cease fire. u.s. president donald trump is the.