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it's not going anywhere the protest is going anywhere either its ability to get a revolution. in depth analysis of the day's global headlines who is it that's really out there on the street inside story on al-jazeera. the. armenia and azerbaijan accuse each other of violating the latest ceasefire to stop fighting over a disputed region. i'm sam is a dam this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up a united nations arms embargo on iran expires this by the efforts from the u.s. to keep it in place. we will we with. donald trump goes out swinging in the battleground states to revive his presidential campaign plus.
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a year after rising mad trophy to protest movement people are still waiting for change. now the latest attempt to end fighting between armenia and azerbaijan appears to be followed for just hours after it began both sides accuse each other of violating a 2nd ceasefire it's been nearly 3 weeks of fighting in about a region which lies within azerbaijan but it's occupied by ethnic armenians more than 700 people are estimated to have been killed on both sides the 2 nations have agreed to a russian mediated cease fire a week ago that collapsed within hours. with me is near the city of will jog in azerbaijan but 1st let's go with bernard smith in armenia's capital yet
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advancer burnham one of the armenians saying about what exactly happened so this latest ceasefire. just minutes after the cease fire started fired at targets military targets within territory operating in the golan of karabakh says the targets were military targets military positions and it happened just after as i said just after midnight and this truce came into play after russia's foreign minister contacted his azeri armenian counterparts on saturday to try and persuade them to implement this truce that they'd agreed last week it is only a humanitarian truce and that is a truce that was designed for both sides to be able to exchange bodies of killed soldiers and exchange prisoners of war armenia particularly needs the ceasefire to work because of the enormous domestic pressures political leadership is under its
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last 633 armenian fighters so far it's lost control of territory to azerbaijan territory that armenia has controlled since the cease fire in 1994 that came at the end of the war this territory is essentially between nagorno-karabakh and. proper it is what armenia considers a buffer or a security zone that it says it needs to ensure the security of karabakh it is over the last more than 26 years the both sides are supposed to be negotiating the status final status of this territory and karabakh it is as very territory as a wants it back and it says these last more than 26 years of talks have got it nowhere which is why with turkey's help it is pushing this military assault to try and take this land back or i'm. and bernard the russians are quite keen to ensure that a ceasefire does kick in right. they
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are because there is a risk of russia being dragged dragged into this conflict and has a security pact with armenia to protect the territorial integrity of the republic of armenia at the moment the fighting is going on for nagorno-karabakh and over serry territories or russia isn't getting involved but if as a armenia itself is threatened russia might feel obliged to get involved there and it would find itself facing off against turkey again where they're already on different sides of the fight in libya and in syria. or i've. we'll leave it there with bernard let's continue this now though with i mean she is live for us. as a very different take from the as there is on what happened this morning to that 2nd cease fire and. yes absolutely actually. pointing the finger at i mean you're there saying that i mean you're despite
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agreeing to this you may fire has tried to recapture those territories or bernard was mentioning now mainly these 2 regions of jip raid and that are sort of southeast of of now border karabakh now those are 2 regions where as you buy john has made a significant territorial gains from what we understand from the ministry of defense here that well let me enforce it would have tried to reach. enter at least part of those regions but as we understand that there have been no casualties certainly the atmosphere today is much less heightened that it was yesterday at this time it had been a very. intense day really for azerbaijan this is our report. it was a city asleep when the explosions ripped through the quiet of the night and. people
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here were already on edge their hometown has come under fire several times since the conflict was reconnected 3 weeks ago. this attack was the most devastating so far so there's a lot of moving we've been living in fear for days we couldn't sleep at night we hid but that was no use we suffering a lot i wish we would put our children would have to live without us we believe in our state and president may god give us back our. about an hour drive from the disputed region of the corner karabakh that azerbaijan and armenia are fighting over i mean at 1st denied it had the long range capability to hit as far as ganja but then in a statement it said that there were several as syrian military assets in and around the city that were legitimate targets here and back president ilham called the attack a crime against humanity and that revenge will come under battlefield
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a few hours after the attack in gander announced his forces which are backed by turkey have taken control of more villages in physically south east of nagorno-karabakh one of 7 regions surrounding the un clave occupied by armenia since 1904 many here believe it's time to areas return under. our history is our future and we can't leave this problem to our kids. and we need to help them to my relatives been living in that occupied region and i know the hardest so far there they've been living in the as a refugee for the years here in baquba and so this is the can't leave this problem for the our future future our generation next generation we need to resolve it now the capital of nagorno-karabakh stepan
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a carrot was hit on friday a few hours before the ganja attack this was also not the 1st time that civilians came under attack there at least 600 armenian soldiers have lost their lives since september 27th as a by john hasn't made public the number of losses among its ranks but the toll among civilians is mounting a new humanitarian ceasefire is underway this one brokered by france to u.s. and russia but as it has already indicated is only temporary. and it would continue its offensive to retake the occupied territories with hamid. a u.n. arms embargo on iran has expired after 13 years it was lifted as part of the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers the us withdrew from the pact in 2018 it's voiced strong opposition to any easing of sanctions foreign minister divides or if
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welcomed the development calling it a win for regional peace and security ok let's go live now to those who are in toronto or are now go on a spending spree. well based on what we've been hearing it's very unlikely that this will happen it's seen that this lifting of the sanctions is seen as more of a political win for iran it's something president hassan rouhani it's just in the past few days that it's a very important step for the iranian nation for them to have something specific content of all as a result of the nuclear agreement of 2015 now just to give you an idea of how much money iran spends on its defense of program it between 2016 in 2013 it was around 45 percent of its g.d.p. that was between 18 and 22 $1000000000.00 that's not likely to change it there was a drastic drop in 200-1000 due to the sanctions the united states imposed on iran
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but they're expecting that number to increase again this year based on the fact that iran has said that they will continue to produce what they need domestically right now they are producing about 90 percent of their defensive requirements inside the country and the 2 countries that they deal with for the majority of their defensive needs are russia and china and that is likely to continue even after this embargo is lifted but it's now seen as more of a political win for the leadership of this country. also what does this mean for the future of the nuclear deal because this was an important component of that. yes certainly the fuel the nuclear agreement was very much up in the air it still is since the united states withdrew from it in 2018 the iranians have taken a number of measures to reduce their commitment to the nuclear deal as a result of that move by the u.s. but the european signatories that are left in the agreement say that they are very
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much still committed to this deal and even though you do united states tried and number of times to prevent this arms embargo from being lifted over the past few months at the united nations security council the european stood with iran saying that that will not happen that this arms embargo will go ahead and be left it and that is what is iran hoping for that will continue is that support from the remaining signatories so they will see the further benefits down the line if the iranians have said that the united states leaving the deal doesn't give them the right to actually put pressure on iran and impose their own restrictions since there are no longer as part of this agreement so for now it seems that this arms embargo being lifted is seen as a step that this nuclear agreement which was very much in question over the past few months is very much still alive and iran will continue to see the benefits from it all right thanks so much. for heading back to the
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polls in the self declared republic of northern cyprus for the presidential runoff people are now facing a choice between the president who favors reunification with the south and the prime minister backed by turkey cyprus has been divided since the 1970s. to the head and now disappear and we take a closer look at what voters in bolivia are hoping for they head to the polls. one year on from the start of a protest movement demanding change happen and still deep in political and economic crisis. we've got some nice mobile flow in our weather setting up across europe at the moment has still got some rather wet weather over tools eastern side here the pair
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of low pressure here bring you some downpours in quiet across central parts but as we go the only part of next week this little fellow here that's going to make its way in from the atlantic so we will see something of a change at the moment much essential yaps fine and dry if a little on the coast side disappointing on the temperatures why so whether it was the baltic states tools that western side of russia and down towards the black sea but there's that dry weather coming back in behind 1314 celsius for london and paris on sunday come monday that western weather starts to topple its way in temperatures edging up a lot of this going to feel particularly great dry across central parts of europe by now and let you go with that wetter weather starting to show its hand portugal seeing some very heavy downpours western parts of spain gradually seeing that rain setting but it will turn somewhat modern that's about the only consolation i can offer 25 celsius the former trade largely dry across a good part of the mediterranean the cool northerly wind coming in for some 24 celsius there for
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there watching out is there a reminder now of our top stories this hour mimi and azerbaijan are accusing each other of violating a 2nd ceasefire which began just a few hours ago more than $700.00 people on both sides have been killed during nearly 3 weeks of fighting. u.n. arms embargo on iran has expired after 13 years after this part of the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers u.s. withdrew from the pact in 2008 and its voice strong opposition to any easing of sanctions voters are headed back to the polls in the south declared republic of golden cyprus for a presidential runoff choosing between the president 2 favors reunification with the south and the prime minister backed by turkey. u.s. friends and donald trump has tried to reenergize his campaign with rallies in 2
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swing states he's trailing in many national polls with more than 2 weeks to go until the election he made brief stops in michigan and wisconsin while his democratic challenger joe biden took the day off john hendren reports. donald trump played defense returning to 2 battleground states he won by a whisker in 2016 truck took his campaign to wisconsin engine michigan where he criticized the state's democratic governor 13 militia members were arrested just over a week ago in an alleged plot to kidnap or you've got to get your governor to open up your state. we were. and get. this close after you write. that prompted in now familiar chain. it was
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as the president laid into michigan's governor he was skirting the strict limits on crowd sizes that she had set by calling his rally a peaceful protest with few masks and little social distancing among his supporters . drops democratic rival joe biden pursued a cautious make no mistakes approach taking a break from the campaign trail on saturday instead he tweeted viral videos like this one i lose minnesota i'm never coming back teasing trump for threatening in state after state never to return if he loses the election would make us have to leave the country in posting the video biden writes promise biden is running mate come harris spent the weekend quarantining after members of her staff tested positive for corona virus her office says she tested negative more than 26000000 americans have already cast their ballots still in washington thousands gathered on saturday for the women's march urging women to vote on the issues that affect them it is not hyperbole to say that everything is on the line this november. we
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cannot afford 4 more years of this administration attacking our access to reproductive health care and rights with just over 2 weeks to go in the campaign trail fans at the rally in michigan taunted his critics chanting 12 more years an amount that would violate the u.s. constitution john hendren al-jazeera washington. thousands until they are said to mark a year since the beginning of a protest movement calling for social change demonstrators demanded a new constitution and the more equal society our latin america at its alice in human reports from santiago and the continuing push for progress. a small 30 pistol increase in the metro thing out was the detonator of a social explosion last year that has rocked latin america's most stable democracy ever since. 24 year old sim again i mean this was one of the students that rushed
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this entangle metro station last october 18th it was the law and vocal as the saying goes it was in the 30 places with the 30 years of unfulfilled promises clearly there was a before and after october 18th chile has never been the same the rules of the game have been totally modified in what way wasn't really in the sense as citizens of empowered and took over public spaces to demand their rights that had never happened that's why it's been a citizens revolution. the initial revolt was followed by riots and looting small but violent radical groups destroyed millions of dollars' worth of property the mainly peaceful demonstrations lasted until march when the pandemic began despite widespread human rights abuses on the part of security forces. but most of all the social explosion as it's called here unmasked
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a deep rooted discontent and anger over social inequality. privilege and exclusion and it was supposed to be a latin american oasis this mural is one of many that illustrates what was a major disruption until in society that is still unfolding and it has the potential to significantly alter this country's social economic and political model . as a result of the uprising the political establishment agreed to a key demand a new constitution that will presumably guarantee basic social rights like education health and decent pensions my feeling is that the process opened. as a result of political elites trying to empathize and connect with the more. what we still don't know if if that connection is we'll be able to channel back to the situation of real. next sunday chile will hold
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a referendum that is widely expected to approve the rewriting of the constitution. with the country's democratic institutions so discredited for so many people there's no guarantee that the genie can be put back in the bottle. to see a human al-jazeera santiago. or voting in bolivia's presidential election is set to get on the way in just a few ousts security forces have been deployed in anticipation of possible on rest and election last year plunged bolivia into political turmoil president evo morales won that vote but resigned and went into exile shortly after allegations of electoral fraud al jazeera throws a bo has more. medical what i'm looking forward to voting on sunday. in bolivia's capital a pass he says that the election could be crucial in helping fight racism against indigenous communities in this landlocked nation my. i will vote for ever more
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dollars party so there is no racism in believe you are now we are struggling financially but every moralist gave us people with no studies an opportunity to evolve he's feeling resonates among millions of indigenous bolivians and is what gives rhys at a say the former finance minister under morales and now mass candidate a chance to win the presidency. but not everyone agrees there are many who fear a comeback of a woman alice party to power they say while in office the mass was awfully tarion and try to hold on to power for far too long but iraqi space says it's time for change. made me and my family want something different we are poor. but we need a better believe a bolivia that moves forward. believe you struggling with a spread of covert 19 and the political strife cost by what international observers
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say was a fraudulent ballot last year that prompted moralists resignation and plunged the andean country into chaos. since then bolivia has been ruled by u.s. backed conservatives anyone yes while everyone else has remained in exile in argentina tension between both sides remains high and poses a big test for bolivia's democracy. even though polls suggest the possibility of a 2nd round analysts say a solid win by whomever gets the most folks is the only way to ensure a peaceful transition. of the difference between one candidate and though there is too small and the country will become even more. this increases the possibility of conflict. both already say all measures have been taken to prevent the possibility of fraud and ensure a transparent election for future political stability. as.
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the taliban says recent violence in afghanistan was talks with the government there's been an escalation in fighting in this week just displaced thousands of families so has been monitoring developments. tens of thousands of afghans have been displaced in the last few weeks as fighting has intensified between the afghan government and the part of bonn the taliban insisting that it is trying to retake areas that it had vacated for the people and saying that it has been launching defenses offensives only against those areas where checkpoints have been established where reinforcements have been sent and where it has come under attack by the wire night creates or airstrikes on the other hand the afghan government says that it is the taliban who have been launching an offensive and it is it shown by the united states efforts to try and stop them with its strikes as ben earlier we spoke to the spokesman of the afghan taliban who says that this will not derail
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the peace process as the violence and talks can continue side by side but for lasting peace in afghanistan both sides will have to show unflinching commitment. refused to say there is no progress there are but there are problems and disagreements on key issues as you know there are still meetings between the committees and we hope at the end we will reach a solution let's keep this in consideration but this is a major step and it is expected to be a difficult process to serpens all over the world when there are negotiations starting a dialogue is never easy there is some progress and then there may be some slowdown and in many cases talks come to a halt this issues are quite normal and we hope that the disagreements we have on the key issues will be sold very soon god willing talks have continued between not just the taliban and the afghan government but interlocutors off peace with the taliban as well as the us government we've seen that the u.s.
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need diplomat trying to mediate between the afghan government and the taliban saying that all sides are going to try and make sure that there is a reset of the violence all elements of the agreement which was reached reached with the taliban are going to be implemented and all sides should reduce the violence there has been reassurances by the taliban as well as the afghan government that they are going to scale down attacks to try and protect civilian lives. thousands have marched in lebanon angry of the lack of political reform despite a year of anti-government demonstrations protesters say years of corruption and mismanagement left the country in taxes then hold the reports from beirut. the determination to fight for political change is still alive. it's been a year since what some lebanese call a revolution was born. 7 some here and as our says she hasn't left
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the streets economic hardship was what triggered nationwide protests it turned into a revolt against what many call a corrupt willing elite that has been in power for decades. before. these people in power just leave and we will make sure basically. so we we do this change and push. to resign in any way because we will not go back to before 70 in the leaderless and spontaneous movement was a turning point in lebanon's history sects came together in this divided society and for the 1st time people rose up against their leaders in traditional strongholds but the numbers weren't enough they were up against the sectarian based power sharing system this bridge one of the capitals main arteries came to symbolize that battle it is near the square where our tents were burned because we want to live
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together there. is a way to connect everyone together the bridge was a frontline between those calling for change and supporters of sectarian parties protecting the status quo the largely peaceful movement face a counter revolution the ruling elite called the protesters foreign agents security forces clamp down hard on gatherings they made arrests and there were. and today i was called patient this is one of their ways to do the pollution. thing to. do with saying. meanwhile the economy continues to collapse people are hungry and more sink into poverty politicians who have blamed each other for the crisis are promising much needed reforms but they 1st need to agree on a new cabinet the government resigned after the explosion of beirut ports in august
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that killed 200 people it was blamed on negligence by officials. there is no conscience there is no responsibility there is no accountability and as you can see continues on for them and they're back to their old ways as if none of us exist that is why people have returned to the streets they insist on being heard their peaceful resistance wasn't able to remove those entrenched in power but they are keeping the resistance a life of their own beirut. a delegation from the international criminal court is meeting officials in sudan to discuss the arrest warrant for merrill bashir the former president has been in prison in heart since he was toppled off the mass protest in april last year the i.c.c. has accused him of war crimes genocide and crimes against humanity in darfur. china has begun inoculating people in the city of xinjiang using an experimental covert
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19 vaccine the trial treatment by sin of biotech is being given to people in high risk jobs like doctors nurses but it's also being offered to the public for $60.00 . new zealand's prime minister just endure a durned says sure look to form a new government within 3 weeks a labor party claimed an unprecedented victory in national polls on saturday on and off support to govern alone. and take you through some of the headlines here in al-jazeera now armenia and azerbaijan are accusing each other of violating a 2nd seize fire which began just a few hours ago more than $700.00 people on both sides have been killed during nearly 3 weeks of fighting. and a un arms embargo on iran has expired after 13 years it was lifted as part of the 2015 nuclear.

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