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this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm philippa thomas. searching for survivors — armenia and azerbaijan are urged to heed a ceasefire after another deadly attack in the disputed region of nagorno—karabakh. president trump says he's immune to coronavirus — but scientists say the virus hasn't been around long enough to fully understand the body's response. the british government considers travel restrictions as the number of covid infections continues to rise — parts of the north of england may see significant curbs. and... how the pandemic‘s impact on the full moon party could change thailand's tourist industry for good.
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hello and welcome. the ceasefire brokered by russia between armenia and azerbaijan — to try and end a flare up in fighting over the last two weeks — has been breached within its first 2a hours. a bbc team in the disputed region of nagorno—karabakh says it's heard regular shelling from the direction of the front line, despite a ceasefire being in place. the region — which you can see here in red — is officially part of azerbaijan, but it's been controlled by ethnic armenians since the collapse of the soviet union. in azerbaijan's second city — ganja — which is outside the region — at least seven civilians in a residential area have been killed by rocket fire. in nagorno karabakh, damage to the main city, stepa na kert, continues, with air raid sirens sounding — this video is running
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on armenian state media. our international correspondent orla guerin sent this report from azerbaijan. "let me see his face," she begs. "one last time. " she is not alone in this desperate search. "let me see," says this woman. "is he from my family? " "may the armenians die", she cries. this is what's left of her neighbourhood in ganja, azerbaijan's second largest city. far from the front line, but not far enough. this is just off the main streets no signs of enemy targets.
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we start rem na nts we start remnants of what they say it was a ballistic missile. it's accusing armenia of a war crime. this was clearly a civilian target, apartment blocks, flatware people were living. there is bedding and blankets and mattresses strewn among the rubble here. the attack happened at about 2am. this is supposed to be a c for fire but it looks more like all out war. and what happens next? is there worse to come on both sides? standing here now, in the rubble, is the ceasefire dead? actually, it's hard to assess the situation. therefore, currently we are considering the situation. if armenia continues to attack azerbaijani civilians, then azerbaijan will be obliged to take necessary measures against legitimate military targets. you are saying that they have
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fired at you, and you are also saying that you reserve the right to retaliate. so, which is it, are you sticking to the ceasefire or are you going to retaliate for this attack? at this stage we are trying to stick to the ceasefire regime, but of course, if they continue to do so, attacking azerbaijani civilians, as every nation, we also have a right to self defence. as azerbaijan recovered the dead it too was accused of shall fire. though the truth look shattered today it did not collapse. but ganja was hit hard. her grandchildren were asleep in these beds. and were lucky to survive. but she acknowledges the pain in nagorno—karabakh. we are all mothers she told me. they and here. and our hearts are
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aching. armen hakoop—jen—ian is a armenian american surgeon. he travelled from los angeles to nagorno—karabakh to work in a hospital where he told me conditions were dreadful. the capital is being bombed constantly. without any interruption. the condition is terrible. the quality of life is down to zero. people are terrified. soldiers are obviously outnumbered in the military weapons being used against not just against armeinian army but civil population is horrific.the conditions of work in the hospital also terrible because nobody can stay above the first floor because of the bombing. a lot of next houses.
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the morale is high but the quality of life is poor. the morale is high but the quality of life is poor. that wrecked residential apartment block in ourjunk but we you think a? well, i haven't seen much of the news but i've seen much of the news but i've seen a seen much of the news but i've seen a lot of houses i've seen a lot of civilian injuries seen a lot of civilian and deaths where i was. we did not have time to watch news. we can only help people who are injured. if you are the armenian general surgeon which can help with trauma, those are the doctors who are welcome and needed to be in those war zones. people who are in power, they do not send their kids asa as a surgeon can i as a surgeon can i ask you, you come all the way from los angeles, do you think there are others like yourself in the armenian diaspora who are returning to do what they can do? absolutely. there are eight
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lot of surgeons who are willing to come but we need professionals who can help at the same time. if you are trauma, thorax text surgeon, a general surgeon that can help with the trauma, those are the doctors who are welcome and neededin doctors who are welcome and needed in the war zones. you area needed in the war zones. you are a doctor, i understand not are a doctor, i understand not a politician but i do want to ask you what outside intervention you think might help? we know russia brokered this truce, what more are you looking for? i want the truth to continue indefinitely. that's what i want. we want the war to stop. that's what every human being regardless of your profession should want. doesn't matter if your doctor, politician, you're an engineer ora politician, you're an engineer or a pilot. nobody wants to have war. nobody wants to have the kids die. it takes only one
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relative of yours to lose a life or a relative of yours to lose a life ora limb relative of yours to lose a life or a limb for you to start thinking about it. people who are in power, they do not send their kids to war. they sent somebody else's kids to war. people who are in power they don't care how many families are gone through this tragedy they just simply want to prove their point. well, if the presidents of these countries who are starting the wars, if they will send their kids to they will send their kids to the front line than i can understand why everybody else will go to war two. twitter has flagged up another tweet by president trump as containing misleading and potentially harmful information related to coronavirus after he tweeted he was immune from the infection. scientists say the virus hasn't been around long enough to understand a immune response. earlier mr trump appeared on fox news, after his doctor said he was no longer a transmission risk. it seems like i'm immune. so, i can go way out of a basement, which i would have done anyway, and which i did, because you have to run a country, you have
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to get out of the basement, and it looks like i'm immune for maybe a long time or maybe a short time, it could be a lifetime, nobody really knows, but i'm immune. so, the president is in very good shape. dr susan butler—wu is a microbiologist and associate professor of clinical pathology at the university of southern california. she says donald trump's claims that he's immune to the virus don't really stack up. i don't think the president is any proof he's immune. the bottom line is, the president was given a cocktail of antibodies which themselves, depending on whatever test was used, could actually cause false positives. so without knowing what test was used, we can't conclude he has antibodies present that he made himself. furthermore, the presence of antibodies does not correlate immunity and it is important to say, even if you have antibodies detected, you should not conduct yourself any differently.
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a new system of coronavirus restrictions for england will be announced later on monday. it comes as mayors and local council leaders continue last minute negotiations with the government before those measures are brought in — to thrash out what support will be available to the affected areas. dan johnson reports from liverpool where significant new curbs are likely. on the loudest, liveliest streets, people worry about what's to come. and they want to be listened to, to be understood. all the things that are getting cancelled, the things we enjoy this time of year — halloween, bonfire night, christmas — these are the things that we are going to have to compromise with. if he'd have done it earlier, i think we wouldn't have got this far. the only way you're going to do it is total lockdown. once you've got total lockdown, you've got it under control. we were doing really well before. ..all of this happened. but listen to conor — running a pub already quietened by local restrictions.
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we're not even breaking even at the minute, never mind being able to pull back all the rent that we still owe or pay back the wages that we topped up, and further restrictions will just. it could be a final nail in a lot of people's coffins, unfortunately. i would say our sales are down 50%. and jonathan is wondering whether restaurants will be hit by new tiers of rules. you know, liverpool has known tough years. i've been here when it's been tough, but, you know, over the last 10—15 years, it's been a brilliant place to be and it worries me that rug could be pulled. consider too the challenge of enforcing even tougher restrictions that have so far been rumoured, floated, leaked, but still not confirmed. make no mistake that these measures probably equivalent to what happened back in march
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we thought that we turn back on r affection infection rates are still high. do you think you be able to reach an agreement tomorrow? i'm hoping that we can get there. it appears that the government in good faith entered into these talks. it's a real pity then to find that the detail was then leaked before we had a chance to sign things off. it wasn't just liverpool busy at ten o'clock. look at london's leicester square. and in peckham, they were playing cricket. closing time is coming from or businesses. in the city famous for musical sounds it sent around the world that awaits with others to find out how much of life is about to be silenced. stay with us on bbc news, still to come, a new documentary claims to shed unprecedented light on north korea's efforts to evade international sanctions.
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parts of san francisco least affected by the earthquake are returning to life but in the marina area where most of the damage was done, they are more conscious than ever of how much has been destroyed. in the 19 years when he was last year he's gone from being a little known revolutionary to an experienced, successful diplomatic operator. it was a £20 bomb which exploded on the fifth floor of the grand hotel ripping a hole in the front of the building. this government will not weaken. democracy will prevail. it fills me with humility and gratitude to know that i have been chosen as a recipient of this foremost in earthly honour. this catholic nation held its breath for the men they call the 33. and then... bells told nation wide
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to announce the first rescue and chille let out an almighty roar. this is bbc news, the latest headlines russia and the you have lead calls for armenia and azerbaijan to respect a cease—fire. as rescue search for survivors following shelling in the regions main city. president trump has insisted he is now immune to coronavirus. twitter has taken down another of his tweets making this claim. a controversial police unit accused of human rights abuses in nigeria has been disbanded following widespread protests. in a statement, it was announced that all officers serving with the special anti—robbery squad would be redeployed and allegations of abuse investigated. our nigeria correspondent mayenijones told me about the reaction to this announcement.
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on announcement. the surface this latest directive on the surface this latest directive seems to be exactly what protesters have been asking forfor the person what protesters have been asking for for the person doing the past week. special robbery squad to be completely disbanded. but when you look at the statement that was released by the police today there is a worrying sign for that one of the things they see is that sars officers are going to be redeployed to other police units. we don't know which ones and this has led to a number of questions on the part of the activists saying if they're just going to be redeployed to other units, what's to stop them carrying the same abuses ain? them carrying the same abuses again? they also want an investigation to be carried out into past abuses by sars officers so there can be justice for the families of the victims just justice for the families of the victimsjust remind us justice for the families of the victims just remind us what kind of abuses are we talking about? over the years the special anti—robbery squad has been accused of a number of things. some of the main accusations are that they illegally detained people, many young nigerians feel especially targeted. if they have dreadlocks or tattoos, they say
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there have sometimes been stop for carrying a mobile phone or laptop. and as how they were able to purchase those things. other accusations such as nuc international include torture and extrajudicial killings was that one serious allegations and have been leveled against him over the years. the torture, killings, is there any sign that any of these officers are going to be prosecuted? at the moment the police have announced that a committee made up announced that a committee made up of members of civil society as well as human rights groups are can be set up. to investigate abuses by the officers. it's unclear whether they will be looking at historical abuses or just looking at the police as a whole moving forward. he sars officers are going to be integrated into it. there's eight lot of the statement wasn't very clear and activists are still out there asking for more clarity, asking for more justice for alleged victims of sorrow.
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a new documentary claims to shed unprecedented light on north korea's efforts to evade international sanctions. in the film — a io—yearjoint production by four european broadcasters including the bbc — a team of investigators secretly filmed alleged members of kim jong un's secretive regime being tricked into signing fake arms deals. here are extracts from the programme, being broadcast as part of the bbc‘s storyville series. i have contacts so if necessary ican i have contacts so if necessary i can report to the authority. were under very heavy sanctions.
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all the time we've been in north korea, we've been driving downtown. now we're starting driving outside town. and they want us to walk down into a basement. i'm walking down these stairs and it was really creepy. then, a big door opened and we came into this luxury conference room. then they surprise us by taking out the catalogue of the weapon systems. i said, this is what we can sort you outwith. all kinds of weapons, missiles, really big missiles. applause. so we agreed on building a factory outside north korea that would make weapons. and methamphetamine. hugh griffiths knows a lot
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about sanctions on north korea — he was until last year the co—ordinator of the un panel of experts monitoring these sanctions. he called the revelations in the film "highly credible". the film is extremely credible and is undoubtedly the greatest embarrassment for chairman kim jong—un that we have ever seen. it shows the north koreans to be foolish and desperate at the same time. desperate to raise a foreign currency revenue and to find new transporters to try and smuggle their weapons to countries such as syria. and the pressure of un sanctions have started to bite. foolish not to have done their due diligence on private business men walking up to pyongyang before offering to sell them ballistic missiles. and
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dangerous because they are offering to sell weapons of mass destruction, wmd delivery systems which are what ballistic missiles are two private businessmen about whom they know nothing. and instead of being investigative reporters which they were, these private businessmen, they aren't non—state actors, after all could have been representing terrorists. so this documentary is a very far cry from the propaganda video that chairman ken young own and his colleagues put out for general circulation yesterday. and about 75% of all north korean sanctions violations investigated by the un over the past ten years, we've really found either the north korean embassies, consulates, the trade representative offices abroad or north korean
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diplomatic passport holders and service passport holders has been key to their proliferation and sanctions violation efforts. because they abuse the diplomatic privileges afforded diplomats. un member states in particular places like china and the russian federation really have to pay far more attention to what north korean embassies and diplomatic passport holders —— of course sweeping doubt here and one most hope that their embassy in sweden will be the subject of intensified scrutiny from here on in. all the evidence and allegations in this film have been presented to the north korean government through their embassy in sweden. the embassy declined an interview. there has been no response from the authorities in pyongyang. alejandro cao de benos, the founder of the korean friendship association, says in his response
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that he was "play acting" and that the film was "biased, staged and manipulated". now, of all the sectors affected by coronavirus, few have been hit harder than international travel. thailand faces a particular dilemma. their tourism industry accounted for roughly one fifth of their economy before the pandemic. our south east asia correspondentjonathan head reports from the popular tourist island of copanan , to see how it has been affected. this was one of the worlds most famous beaches. with an equally famous beaches. with an equally famous party. this used to be an essential stop on every backpackers itinerary. essential stop on every backpackers itinerary. but something so wild, so crowded, so dependent on mass travel was never going to survive covid—i9.
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like a tsunami, it crashed and everything fell with it, he says who rents out motorbikes. look around you, there's no income here any more. right now it's full moon again and until covid—i9 kept all the tourists away, by this time the beach would've been filling up, the djs cranking up their music and hundreds of businesses doing well. there were plenty ofjobs and profits. nearly all of them now gone. but the people who live on this lovely island are now wondering whenever international travel starts up again, whether they might not do it differently next time. there is a lot less pollution now. these rubbish volunteers still find plenty left on the beach even six months after the party stopped.
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we live here, we have ourfamily here... and businesses foreign and locally owned are now discussing a greener future for the island of economy stop but there's also many other things that people can see on the island and we want to promote that. one that's focused on longer stays in a greater sense of community. some of the islands residence have now started a community garden to showcase this new, less material spirit. the vegetables grown here are to help those who've lost their jobs to the covid crisis. at the resort his family has owned for a0 years he is also having a rethink.
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covid—i9 is really sort of a reset button right now. at some point the full moon party is going to fail anyway. itjust so happens so that covid—i9 really pushed that hard reset button. like other resorts, mark is now relying on a smaller number of long—standing visitors who value a slower lifestyle. so today where once young revelers from across the globe partied hard until dawn there are families eating and playing around the campfire. it's a less profitable but surely more sustainable way of exploiting this very special island. you can talk to me about any of our stories on twitter. marion will be with you and a half an hour. thank you for watching
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bbc news. hello there. the changing autumn colours looked splendid in the sunshine on sunday. beginning to look a little more muted as we go through monday. lots more cloud around, outbreaks or rain spreading its way eastwards across most parts during the day as well. the cloud and rain, though, from these weather fronts as they push in through the night means the temperature shouldn't drop too much across western areas. in the east though, a little ridge of high pressure, some clearer skies for a time. parts of east anglia and the southeast could be a touch of frost in the countryside — with temperatures and lower single figures, away from the city centres. but here, some early brightness before cloud thickens, rain arrives later into the afternoon. a wet start in northern ireland, through much of scotland, and around any western fringes of england and wales. the rain heavy at times, clearing through northern ireland quite quickly to a blustery wind, sunshine and a few showers later. same too into scotland as we go into the afternoon
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and maybe some late sunshine into northwest england and north and west wales. winds strongest across the west during the second half of the day. light winds further east, but even though those winds coming in from a south—westerly direction, they won't bring much warmth with them. after a cold start, the cloud and the rain arriving means temperatures not going to lift much — parts of yorkshire through towards the midlands and lincolnshire could be only around 9 degrees, same too in aberdeenshire. through monday night, the rain could linger across east anglia and the southeast, and it returns across parts of northern scotland with some heavy showers through northern ireland, wales and the southwest. with the clearest conditions and southwest, and northwest england, here, a touch of frost into tuesday morning, but i think all of us see a bit of cloud around and some rain around at times on tuesday. our weather front, well, pressure deepens in around it. so that low—pressure spinning around, buckling our weather front back southwards across scotland during the morning — brighter conditions in the afternoon. we will see some brighter weather on tuesday across the heart of england and wales, but outbreaks of rain across many northern—eastern areas, heavy showers towards the southwest as well.
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the breeze will be picking up, but it won't feel quite as chilly, i suspect, for the southwest midlands down towards the southwest. then, as we go through into wednesday, still some cloud and showers around, particularly for england and wales. a stiff northeasterly breeze for all, best of the sunshine in the west, driest of all parts of scotland and northern ireland. but a cool feeling day, once again, and that cool feel will continue through the rest of the week, with temperatures down on where they should be for the time of year. the winds, though, will gradually ease and the skies will brighten a little bit more, with more of you spending thursday and friday dry. that's how it's looking. see you soon.
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russia and the eu have led calls for armenia and azerbaijan to respect a ceasefire in nagorno—karabakh, which should have taken effect on saturday. the russian foreign minister, sergei lavrov, said the truce must be strictly enforced. the eu said it was extremely concerned by reports of further military action targeting civilians. president trump has insisted that he is immune to coronavirus after contracting the illlness. scientists say the virus hasn't been around long enough to understand the full immune response. twitter has again issued a warning about one of the president's tweets on the subject. borisjohnson is set to announce communities across england will be classed as "medium", "high" or "very high" risk under a new tiered coronavirus alert system. ministers have been holding talks with council leaders
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