russia now seems to be going after the main economic resource which does a poor score if we bring you the stories and developments that are rapidly changing the world living presidents america 1st policy triggered a tribal war that morphed into a technological war counting the cost on al-jazeera. to . armenia and azerbaijan intensify their battle over that this feud to the horn region and look to russia and turkey for support. hello i'm barbara starr you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up on the program. it's hard to get any word

in the list the group that manages u.s. presidential debates promises changes for the next 2 after the 1st encounter between donald trump and joe biden is marred by insults and interruptions. stickleback instead by. and president trance denies knowing one of the white supremacist groups that he refused to condemn it during the debate. protests erupt in several parts of india after the authorities cremate the body of a teenage gang rape victim without her family's consent even. though thank you for joining us international pressure is growing on armenia and azerbaijan to end their fierce battles over the disputed region of nagorno-karabakh

both sides of reporting more civilian and military casualties after a 4th day of fighting french president emanuel mccraw and russia's vladimir putin have called for a cease fire in a joint phone call but the leaders of both countries are digging in a corner of his internationally recognized as part of azerbaijan but it's being controlled by ethnic armenians since the end of a war between the 2 countries back in 1904 robin forrester walker reports now from tbilisi. were were was this is new go and care about x. deadly new war films by new site head get the am on the armenian frontlines. there are. you can hear the sound of a drone. soldiers desperately trying to shoot down. a median forces have dug in but as

a by john says this war will end only with the return of the disputed territory. the cost of that war so far the numbers of azeri dead and wounded is a secret known only to the as ery leadership a man. that we have only one condition armenia must leave our lands if the armenian government complies with this agreement the fighting will stop there will be no bloodshed there will be peace peace will come to our region. these images show what armenians defense ministry claims is one of its fighter aircraft shot down by a turkish f. 16 over armenian airspace on wednesday armenia went even further it accused turkey of actually controlling aerial combat operations a charge as a by your own in turkey both strenuously deny but turkey certainly gives moral support to what it sees as its turkish speaking brother in arms that is

a dangerous game says president emanuel mccrum of france another mediator between the 2 sides. as you are at this stage i remain extremely cautious but we know it's an extremely volatile situation that said i have noted turkey's political declarations in favor of azerbaijan which i think are inconsiderate and dangerous france as part of the minsk group which requires the impartiality which explains my caution remains extremely concerned by the warlike messages coming from turkey in the last few hours which essentially remove any of us or by john's inhibitions in reconquering the garneau car and now we want to accept. more men gather outside conscription offices to sign up for battle what does it is there is no there is no fear and country needs us will go as far as necessary for our country. many of these reservists weren't even born when azerbaijan lost karabakh to armenian separatists in the 1990 s.

now they're on their way to fight for a land medians and desire is hold the good coffee we were waiting for this day i hope will liberate karabakh i hope all our soldiers return safely. and these are the hellish conditions they will face on the front. high tech heavy weaponry with old fashioned trench warfare. that shows no sign of relenting. written for a steelworker al-jazeera tbilisi. while on the frontline in the areas around it civilians are being caught in the crossfire every day as seen in kosovo of reports now from tar tar which is a city in central azerbaijan. around 8 am local a rocket from armenian side hits right the city's center of tar tar tartar is one of the largest regions as the answers cool rain surrounding the gorn

a core of all funds 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 that marriage and neither do owner of the car is going to tell us what happened this morning not to be on the time of some of the old of the motion to talk about them sort of i'm sure the exception that this should be reduced to a future mission for closure should come up took the ship to do it and nodded a mother's face to us that there were other civilians here and thank god he's a car was older the part that 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 sacrifice 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. u.s. president donald trump has backtracked on his message to a far right group during his chaotic and bitter 1st debate with joe biden in that he refused to condemn white supremacists a trump now says he doesn't know the group the debate was marred by constant interruptions and insults which drowned out the scotians of key issues the party which manages the debates as promised measures to make the next 2 more orderly our white house correspondent kimberly health kit has more. just today after a contentious presidential debate u.s. president donald trump attempted to distance himself from a group many consider to be a white supremacist organization i don't know who the proud boys are be you have to

give me a definition because i really don't know who they are i could always say they have to stand out let law enforcement do their work the prob ois gained notoriety during that debate would trump was asked to denounce white supremacy 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 problem he doesn't want your library to 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. is not pretending to be anything other than what he is someone who will not condemn white supremacists someone who cannot say the phrase black lives matter

and on wednesday at a campaign stop in ohio democratic presidential nominee joe biden sent this message maher message to the proud boys and 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 is the republican and teachers an idea not an organizer you got it not yet . for a nation embroiled in ongoing social unrest the exchange has only added to the irony is felt by many americans with the u.s. election now less than 5 weeks away both candidates hit the campaign trail to play

of their strakes downplay the blunders of the 1st presidential debate kimberly held at al-jazeera the white house so it's going to mike hanna who joins us live now from washington d.c. as so mike we seem to be seeing an apparent u. turn from the president on the proud boise is a little bit too little too late well it does appear to be the case the president saying there is he heard that he doesn't know who the probabilities are however during that debate that. when he is questioned by the moderator about whether he will condemn white supremacist you can make and very indistinctly that joe biden actually says proud poise and president trump immediately clearly recognizing the name goes into that statement that you heard there stand back stand by which is of course as is being plain by the commentator there is something of a dog whistle through

a bullhorn but president trump now attempting to back down on this denying that he knows who the probably are this is something we've heard from the president before and various other issues in particular for example the right wing conspiracy theorist group q anon who president trump continues to say i know nothing about them but at the same time he's on the record as saying i believe that they great supporters of mine so certainly president trump does have this record of saying something and then backtracking on it some 24 hours later but in a way the damage has already been done and what must be noted most of all is that president trump did not condemn right wing violence during that debate although now once again you've got to stop saying that he has in the past. and mike the controversy over the proud boys was in many ways the highlight but a lot didn't work with that debate with the 2 men talking over each other all the

time do we have any further detail on plans to change the format of the next 2 debates. well the bipartisan committee on presidential debates says that it is looking at a different structure for the next debate what this means we're not quite sure at this particular point but it must be noted that the next debate in florida is a different format entirely it is a town hall format where the questions will come from people within the town hall rather than from the moderator so this is a different structure very difficult to see how this could be policed differently the 3rd debate will go back to exactly the same structure that occurred last night with each candidate getting 2 minutes to answer a question and then what is supposed to be a free debate in each segment of the discussion but the committee of the bipartisan committee clearly perturbed about this attempting to find some way to prevent prevent these constant interruptions the they were in

a 98 minute debate more than 1000 interrupted one interruption every minute so certainly president trump was responsible for more than 70 of these interruptions joe biden was responsible for some 21 but generally the political reaction has been one of our a cross the border republicans as well have democrats have criticized the conduct of both candidates all insisting that it's essential that policy issues be discussed not some kind of petty interrupting throughout entire 98 minute format so there has been a reaction and it is generally right across the board but presidents from staff continue to insist that he good to did a good job maintaining that because he did such a good job the bipartisan committee that sets the rules is now attempting to move the goalposts as president trump spokes person puts it i can i would the latest from washington d.c.

mike thank you. let's go to india now where protests have erupted a demanding justice for a teenage girl who was gang raped and then died from her injuries 2 weeks later adding to the anger her family says the authorities cremated her body without their consent and schapelle has more. 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 and gang raped in india's bitter pradesh 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 they were

forcing us to perform the last rites we requested their latest take go home so a family members could see oh for one last time they didn't pay any heed to our request and performed her last rites 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 families approval they've deployed officers around the area to maintain calm but the community is demanding justice on. 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 and india's controversial caste system all 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 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 is and all of the marginalised six's of society they are against those who is suffering they slogan of removing poverty is all about. 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 al-jazeera still to come in this half hour health care workers rally for better pay and working conditions in the country with the highest coronavirus death rate in the world. and queue waits new amy are shaken now what followed my doubts about calls for unity as he's sworn in as the

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into the coffers as the leader said a $2.00 part people in power investigation bureau $39.00 cash for came. on and just 0. what the murder or her former. welcome back here's a reminder of the top stories on our jazeera international pressure is growing on armenia and azerbaijan and there are fierce battles over the future of region of. both sides of reporting civilian and military casualties after a 4th day of fighting russia and france have joined the international calls for an immediate cease fire u.s.

president donald trump and as democratic rival joe biden are back on the campaign trail after a bitter and chaotic 1st presidential debate constant interruptions and personal insults drowned out much of that the scutcheon key issues and after refusing to condemn white supremacists during the debate donald trump has now told that the proud boy is a group designated as extremists by the f.b.i. to stand down and let law enforcement do their jobs. thousands of health care workers in peru are demanding higher pay and improved working conditions as they battle the ongoing covert 1000 outbreak through has recorded more than 800000 confirmed cases and has the highest per capita death rate in the world. reports. in peru's capital lima health care workers are on strike. the 48 hour walkout was organized by more than 9000 doctors

and other medical professionals employed by the government. any sacrifice the doctor makes on the streets will translate into better quality of care we're not asking for a pay rise what we're asking for is already demand for by law and what is on our job the. protests over poor working conditions and a shortage of medical supplies began on tuesday as proof president visited the national university in some. because we're the 1st clinical trials potential cope with 19 vaccine or being held. we are ending phase 3 and it's good through was one of the few countries chosen by sign a form to carry out trials of the chinese vaccine and starting next week this johnson and johnson with the united states vaccine and also the astra zeneca vaccine from the united kingdom there is also a german vaccine everyone is willing to do the clinical tests here and that is a good thing because it will mean we know how our own people will react coronavirus

cases in peru recently surpassed 800000 which is one of the highest contagion rates in the world and although there are signs the contagion has slowed experts say that self isolation and social distancing are still necessary iliza police risk is thinking that this decrease means that everything ended if people let their guard down the people that have been cautious let their guard down and start to go out they begin to expose themselves we could see what's called a 2nd wave. a lifting of restrictions in the country has also meant cemeteries are now allowing visits from family members who have lost loved ones to the virus peru has recorded more than 32000 deaths from pope 90 representing the 3rd highest death toll in latin america. up a little al-jazeera. more than 40 percent of argentina's fellatio has been dragged into poverty the 5 percentage point increase was announced by the official

statistics agency it's being attributed to the devastating impact that virus restrictions have had on the country's struggling economy the poverty rate is a significant uptick for the 35 percent recorded at the same time last year. british 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.-turn stakes by johnson himself and the rapidly growing number of positive case says as for the once 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 the leader of the conservative. is good as he's lead over the labor 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 co-operation 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 surge in the infections underway boris johnson's government is facing the loss of public and political goodwill adjust 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 the face trial at a special un backed court feliciano is accused of bankrolling s. think hutu militias who killed hundreds of thousands of tutsis and moderate hutus in 1904 and of importing huge numbers of machetes. or has more from paris

there has been so long so many people have waited to see police. finally sent to trial more than a quarter century he spent at large on the run evading the justice system until maybe this year when he was caught by french police in an apartment block in the paris suburb. so the highest court in france has decided the police or could be can be handed over to u.n. custody that will pave the way for him to be sent to return tanzania to face the trial in an international court he is accused of being the main finance of the rwandan genocide of funding the ethnic hutu militias that killed more than 800000 ethnic tutsis and moderate hutus it is as i said for those survivors a really big moment he was one of the world's most wanted men is more is though had

wanted him to face trial in france they had said that he was old is a man in his eighty's and that he is a frail his health is no longer very good and they would he wouldn't be able to cope with being sent to routine but it seems different court decided against that they decided he can indeed be extradited. cue weights leyton mia shaikh. has been laid to rest the day after his this a funeral procession was held in kuwait city for the seasoned diplomat and is 83 year old half brother had been sworn in as a successor his war. as he arrived at the national assembly to be sworn in kuwait's new amir received a standing ovation. and a waffle amadis of the half brother of the late amir took the oath making him the 6th leader since the country gained independence is to will in 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 that in soprano who made 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 core of the kuwaiti foreign policy will continue to be the same and that is to see that the

region continues to be in peace and through conflict could be a result of dialogue we may see a small change in style obviously you know between shifts about and because there are 2 different people and we might see a small difference in style but i think the. fundamentals and the core if you like the drives of. quick foreign policy will continue to be the same but there are challenges too that the new amir 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's also needs to diversify its economy away from its reliance on oil production. at 83 years old the new amir has been serving in senior leadership positions for more than half a century including as minister of interior and minister of defense house if no one plans to meet challenges is yet to be known but many will look to his choice of era parents and prime minister to indicate what sort of direction he intends to take.

40 percent of the world's plant species are at risk of extinction that's according to a new international report $210.00 scientists from $42.00 countries have examined how people are currently using plants and fungus i the study says the biggest threat is that the struction of natural habitats for agriculture followed closely by climate change among those facing eradication of more than 700 species used for medicines. time now for a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera international pressure is growing on armenia and azerbaijan to end their fierce battles over the disputed region of nagorno-karabakh both sides of reporting more civilian and military casualties

after a 4th day of fighting russian france have joined the international calls for an immediate cease fire u.s. presidential us president.