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subscribe to the documentary. this is news coming to you live from berlin another fire in the caucasus communities torn apart. over the disputed region of. the weekend meant to put an end to 3 weeks of conflict which has killed hundreds.
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also in the program. people across. the history teacher last week. he was killed after discussing controversial cartoons of the prophet muhammad with. their 1st point of the season. they're still. hello i'm terry martin welcome to the program been clashes between armenia. despite a humanitarian ceasefire agreed late saturday in disputed. region both sides accuse each other of by leading the agreement just hours after it came into force it was the 2nd attempt at armistice in a week hundreds have died and thousands have been displaced since the fighting flared last month over the territory. from the front line
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but not far enough. a makeshift shrine in a residential district of ganja. a community torn apart. as if they were my friends and close acquaintances you can't grasp just how much my heart is bleeding. at least 13 people died here in azerbaijan 2nd biggest city on saturday back who accuses armenia of launching the attack death and despair in the corner carabaos to a ceasefire announced by the 2 sides after saturday's deadly attack in ganja prove short lived and fighting resumed soon afterwards the disputed region has been controlled by separatist ethnic armenians since 1994 but it remains an internationally recognized part of azerbaijan. armenia denies any
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involvement in the ganja or attack and accuses back you of continuing to shell heavily populated areas and cite nagorno-karabakh. this man and she says these are a very rockets for real we are respecting the ceasefire but are the as a by johnnie's respecting it where is the ceasefire don't look they're firing the ship is full of these rockets this is prohibited ammunition. as tensions between azerbaijan and armenia escalate fears are growing that russia and turkey could be drawn into a regional war. but let's bring in d.-w. is yulia han who's in gunja john's 2nd city yulia once again the ceasefire between armenia and azerbaijan has been broken what more can you tell us.
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the fighting has continued despite a new cease fire agreement despite calls from around the world to stop instead what we are seeing is once again john and armenia blaming each other for breaching that i'm in gunja right now as a by john 2nd largest city it's home to more than 300000 people miss tile leveled several homes in this residential area on saturdays we have been showing these pictures already and that actually happened before the new truce came into effect now what you can see right behind me are several 2 story buildings what used to be 2 story buildings but they have all been reduced to rubble at least certain people were killed in this attack according to the official figures including 2 children a teenage girl and a baby girl and while all sorts both in
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a media and here in azerbaijan or denying deliberately targeting civilians residential areas like this one have come under increasing shelling even here in gunja which is far away from the front line but it shows that civilians here are paying a very heavy price for this war in any armed conflict of course it's very difficult to confirm. claims made by the 2 warring sides what's your experience. well we're not moving around here independently we have been given axes by the authorities here in azerbaijan they allowed us to come here to report on this conflict they set up an infrastructure for media for international journalists to cover this crisis to cover various side of the conflict we have been assigned a driver and a crime take affiliated with the government they are always with us wherever we go
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they say it's for our own safety and security but at the same time it of course limits what we can hear see and report on. for decades our media. have been have been in this frozen conflict over nagano car a bomb has been mainly frozen but now it's flared up again we're seeing fighting our people there you're talking to are they concerned that this could flare up into an all out war again. well as we've been talking to people here in the gun show today from time to time people would come here to pay their respects to those who were killed or to search for some of their belongings these people are clearly visibly still under shock there is pain there is grief but there is also a lot of anger people here are openly blaming the armenian military for deliberately
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targeting targeting civilians and they say they expect their government to retaliate now add to that the history decades of mistrust between the 2 countries and there's also. no sign of backing down on the political level many people here tell me that they see nagorno-karabakh as a pot of land that rightfully belongs to the by john that has belonged to azerbaijan for the past nearly so years and for them this is the moment to retake this pos of land so from where i'm standing right now it doesn't look like that the new cease fire agreement is going to turn seeings into a more peaceful direction idiot thank you very much that was the w.'s yulia hung there reporting from gunja azerbaijan 2nd city.
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now to some of the other stories making headlines around the world today bolivia's socialist candidate louise are say is expected to win the country's presidential election without a runoff is widely seen as heir to the country's long time former president if a moron as was who resigned to lead the country after last year's ballot was an old . protesters and police clashed in chile's capital on sunday as thousands mark the anniversary of last year's mass protest police deployed water cannon and tear gas to disperse protesters in santiago the demonstration took place under strict police surveillance in an effort to prevent riot. polls have closed in guinea following a mostly calm day of voting despite fears of an upcoming electoral dispute the incumbent president alpha condit is seeking a controversial 3rd term after months of anti-government protests. now let me catch you up on some of the latest developments in the corona virus pandemic global
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cases have passed 40000000 experts say true numbers of infections and deaths may be much higher poland plans to set up a field hospital at the national stadium in warsaw as it faces a health system overload of the european countries including belgium switzerland and italy are also tightening restrictions as cases continue to rise south africa's health minister and his wife have tested positive for the virus they say they are quarantining at home and chief palestinian negotiator saya erekat is in intensive care in israeli hospital after his condition worsened he tested positive for corona virus earlier this month for police and friends say they've searched dozens of homes belonging to islamist militants the raids are in connection with last week's beheading of a teacher in paris and some of the potty had taken or had used cartoons of the muslim prophet muhammad to teach students about freedom of expression
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a suspect was shot dead shortly after by police on sunday people across france took to the streets in parties memory. thousands of people came to the past and that probably in paris to show their solidarity with the slain teachers samuel patten it was here when large groups also gathered following the 25th charlie hebdo a tux. but today people want signs saying just we are saying no or i am a teacher. many came here to grieve but also to protest they felt compelled to speak out in support of the teacher and freedom of speech. the level before we're here to defend the republic liberty equality for eternity and secularism but it was not just in paris communities came together across the country to remember the 47 year old teacher. there they said secularism must be the unshakable foundation of
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our society for that is what allows us to live together we will not allow it to be attacked. but that. we will continue our work when the school year and classes resume we will return to teach without fear because it is not students who committed this crime but it was a young person who obviously was not a student and failed to understand anything as the. party was on his way home from school when he was attacked shortly after police surrounded the suspect and ordered him to drop his weapon. authorities say they opened fire on the suspect after he attacked police. france is said to hold further national tributes for the victims in the coming days . our correspondent lisa lewis is covering the story for us in paris she told us
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more about the government's reaction to the attack they're now talking about maybe objecting a new law on secularism that was published a few weeks back and and strengthening it really that law is supposed to better control organizations that might be close to islamist to the islamist scene and also train the country's own in moms that are for now often coming from countries such as turkey and mark morocco and algeria there's also talk about strengthening laws to better control hate speech online and the interior minister has said that the country would soon expelled tune of $31.00 farnaz immigrants without a legal status here in france that are known to be radicalized so the government really wants to show that it is reacting and taking matters into its hand. it's just sports now in shock as start to the bundesliga campaign has been less than
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impressive was 3 defeats from their 1st 3 games coach manuel boehm was desperate for his side of pick up even a point against the young berlin on sunday they did just that in a scrappy clash that ended what all. concerned faces have only won one bundesliga match in 2020 and that was last season manuel biome in charge of only his 2nd game faced in a pill bottle. and after a goal it's opening half it looked to bleak for the home side. making it one they'll with it's perfect tatter in the 55th minute. much back substitute comes out of beating his mark as to have the ball i just saw it for a side that was sitting bottom of the table going into this weekend's auction.
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both sides held on to end the game in a one old draw shaka have now gone $21.00 this league matches with victory. in sunday's early game and talk to missed the chance to go 2nd in the table after drawing cologne frankfurt were leading at half time thanks to those penalty but the home side hit back in the 2nd half with andre do does bawly do does goal was enough for cologne to earn their 1st point of the season one old final score. in the premier league liverpool have confirmed that their star defender vittra fun they will undergo surgery after sustaining an injury in saturday's merseyside draw against everton on take damaged his knee ligaments after a reckless challenge by everton goalkeeper jordan picked for. the club didn't say how long the dutch player will be absent for but it could be several months it's
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a blow for german coach you're going club and his side's hopes in defending the league title. and just remind of the top story we're following for you today armenia and azerbaijan are trading blame for the breakdown of another ceasefire there's been continued fighting for the past 3 weeks for the disputed region of not going to a car about hundreds have been killed. you're watching news from berlin up next we've got a documentary for you on the political and economic crisis if the best way to explain. and you hear me now i guess we don't need you and how it all stands gentlemen so it's now going to bring you i'm going to tackle as you've never. surprised to cells with what is possible who is mad cool really want to move them want. to talk to people who flew time on the way mario.

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