anchor: welcome to live from paris. over 6000 armenians have fled nagorno-karabakh. the turkish president discussing a land corridor across armenia to link their states. ukraine claims they killed 34 russian officers including the admiral of the black sea fleet.

the screenwriters union reach a tentative deal with hollywood studios that could bring an end to the near five month long strike. this is live from paris. ♪ thank you for being with us. the fate of the 120,000 armenians trapped in nagorno-karabakh amidst azerbaijan's military sweep. -- sweep is uncertain. this lattice -- latest clash cost 30 lives. armenia is reassessing its

regional relationships. including with russia. reporter: as refugees pour into armenia from azerbaijan, buses move back to nagorno-karabakh to pick up more. such is the rate at which thousands of people have been leaving their home since they began crossing the border over the weekend. >> it was a nightmare. there are no words to describe it. the village was heavily shelled. most no one is left. most people have been evacuated. >> they said to us, either you leave or you sign up for azerbaijani passports and we would never do that. reporter: people are being transferred to nearby villages and a city with a refugee center. this woman fled with her grandchildren. >> who could ever have imagined

they would step into our village? i don't have any relatives here, nowhere to go. >> we called ahead of the administration in our village and asked whether we could go back. he said you can come but if they massacre you we can't bear the responsibility. reporter: residents fleeing after a 24 hour offensive when azerbaijan reclaimed the separatist region. 20,000 armenians live in nagorno-karabakh according to the regional leader. azerbaijan says they will guarantee the rights of those living there and many armenians say they fear persecution and ethnic cleansing. anchor: azerbaijan's president hosted talks this monday with his turkish counterpart, in which he hinted at the prospect of creating a land corridor between their two countries via

armenia, which of course opposes the idea. they met in a strip of territory between their countries and they say they want to carve out a land corridor in southern armenia. >> new windows of opportunity for conference of normalization in the region have been opened with the latest victory. i believe this opportunity needs to be used. we expect armenia to take the hand of peace that has been extended to it and to take sincere steps now. anchor: let's get analysis with our guest, a professor of international relations and

former director of a middle east program at the woodrow wilson center. thank you for joining us. thousands of people are leaving nagorno-karabakh, and on your him wondering in your view, if they stay, are they in danger? henri: of course they are in danger, they've been opposing control of the region and this is a historical conflict between two peoples and is not about to disappear anytime soon. if i was armenian, i would have left too. the area has been decimated because of the embargo. anchor: it is worth noting that after almost a year of embargo along that corridor, supplies not getting in. it might have created a difficult living situation.

henri: of course. it was not a rich region to begin with, it was a small region with a small population. it was doomed in a way. clearly the people living there cannot defend themselves against the powerful azerbaijan. anchor: 20,000 armenians there and many leaving. many agree with you that they could be at risk if they stay. the next move being discussed with the president of turkey and president of azerbaijan is the land corridor. what is your take? henri: i think that is the more interest part. nagorno-karabakh, some could argue it's fate was sealed along time ago when the war was lost to azerbaijan and nagorno-karabakh was recognized as part of azerbaijan. but the corridor that they are

talking about, it's over armenian territory to connect where the two leaders are meeting with azerbaijan. but they have to go through armenian territory. the problem is they are basically threatening armenia with war if armenia doesn't agree to allow them to create this corridor. we don't know what the corridor entails but it does entail the taking over essentially of armenian territory and is it going to be something to separate armenia or across armenian territory? this is interesting because it plays into the ukraine/pressure war. you have leaders like putin who

think this is a moment where they can impose their will and the world won't do much. in ukraine the world is doing something, but that was putin's initial calculation. but also in a very ironic way, putin is the loser here because he was supposed to protect the region from this conflict between armenia and azerbaijan and he clearly could not do it. so what does that mean? and what does it also mean for the region. anchor: sorry, i have a question. the armenian president has criticized russia, saying they lost because of russia's lack of support. that must change the register in that region. henri: he realized that probably putin was not going to support

him in the event of conflicts. he started to shift to the west but he did that too late in the u.s. is not an a position to intervene. it's not clear what will happen now. he's probably going more toward the west but armenia is kind of isolated, not rich. azerbaijan has oil, turkiye is a modern economy. it doesn't have many cards to play except perhaps the fact that in the united states there's some simple the four armenians -- for armenians. president biden was the first president to recognize the genocide of the armenians in 1915. there is goodwill and we saw today usaid give a sign of

support. the issue still is, if the turks and azerbaijan decide on that corridor, will the rest of the world stop them? we will find out, i don't know the answer. anchor: thank you very much for your analysis, and your time. correction on something i said, the prime minister not the president of armenia. we continue to monitor the situation in nagorno-karabakh. more than 200 people injured after a blast at a petrol station. most of the injured are in severe condition and have been transported elsewhere by air as they cannot treat all of them properly. we will bring you more on this latest development, believed to

be not related to the conflict, but is a lot of confusion and resources are very stretched, as you can see by the scenes in that hospital. more as we get it. fresh developments in ukraine this monday. kyiv claims it killed the commander of the black fleet in its latest operation. crimea was the area. reporter: it was in the first attack in crimea but perhaps the most daring. officials in kyiv claim to have taken out the leader of russia's plexi fleet. -- black sea fleet. they say they took out the strike when top officials were in a facility including the admiral. kyiv hasn't provided evidence

that 34 officers were killed in the strikes and official in moscow for said one service man was killed before backtracking with assertions that the person had gone missing instead. the new details emerge as russia targeted port and storage facilities in odesa. >> the strike hit port infrastructure. the seaport building and the building of a hotel that's not operated for many years were destroyed. but the enemy took it for a command center and targeted it. reporter: the latest tit for tat comes as the wharton ukraine enters its 20th month with kyi'' s counter efficient making -- counter offensive making efforts

before winter. anchor: the president of ukraine says they received u.s. abrams battle tanks. president biden has promised missiles that zelenskyy has pete's lead requested. reporter: already reported u.s. media citing military officials on the american side who did not want to be named. apparently president zelenskyy has confirmed it. i haven't said how many in total, the u.s. is supposed to send 21 abrams battle tanks and i don't think they were expected to arrive in ukraine quite this sooner so the ukrainian army will treat that is good news. the head of the ukrainian military intelligence has a set on the record that ukraine not be rushing to put them into battle because they wouldn't want to see them get destroyed rationally and they would only be used in carefully planned operations where a breakthrough

is possible. this in the context of increasingly credible reports that ukrainian armed forces have made a breakthrough in zaporizhzhia region. anchor: sweden's nato membership could be delayed by hungary. president viktor orban says he's not in a rush to ratify membership because he says there's no risk to its security. sweden requested nato membership in the wake of russia's aggression in ukraine. orban urged a peace deal to russia. the union representing screenwriters reached a tentative deal with hollywood studios to end a historic strike after nearly five months. about 11,500 writers walked off the job. the issues are pay, credit on shows and the use of artificial

intelligence. actors remain on strike. but they might find a resolution soon as well our correspondent has this from los angeles. reporter: the writers guild certainly seems to be happy with the results. in a statement late last night called the deal exceptional and said we were meaningful gains and protections for all of its members. we won't know what the deal contains until it is signed by both parties but we know that the writers guild did have a long list of demands when the strike began all the way back in may almost five months ago. a few examples include a minimum number of screenwriters per television show, a more fair royalty system which factors in the fact, the impact of streaming services on the industry, and protection against artificial intelligence, that was a big one for writers and also actors on strike. it took a while to get here, for almost three months, no talks at all and then few meetings in

august before those break down and the nothing for almost a month. it wasn't really until last week when there was a five day marathon stretch of talks that also involved some of the studio ceos, companies like netflix and disney and nbc universal who personally took part in the talks and they were able to broker a deal. as you mentioned, there will be a vote that goes to both the executive members of the wga followed by the east and west boards of the wga and then the deal will be sent to the 11,000 members of the writers union for their approval, and if all of that goes to plan we will see an end to the strike very soon. we are hearing potentially as soon as tuesday if all of that goes to plan. anchor: the french president this monday said his government would take that control of electricity prices by the end of the year. he did not spell out what steps he would take to do so. he said state ownership of edf

and the french nuclear fleet would help do this. let's take a listen. >> we are going to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels from 60 to 40% by 2030 thanks to this strategy. with one fundamental objective, to get rid of coal. because the priority for the country, one that's been promoted in europe and internationally, is between now and the first of january 2027, we will be completely free of coal. anchor: we will watch that story for you. let's turn our i to business and yuka. the german government shelving a planta tying building regulations to prop up the property sector. yuka: chancellor schulz announced the plan. the property sector haslem

sharply amid rising interest rates and building costs. we have more. reporter: a $45 billion -- 45 billion euro relief package announced monday in an attempt to save a failing construction industry. >> more affordable housing needs to be built in germany so that young families and citizens looking for housing have good opportunities be at that means we have to massively expand housing construction opportunities. reporter: berlin will make 18 billion euros available for affordable housing with the rest of the funding coming from federal, state and municipal municipalities. they also have higher standards. for years, low interest rates fueled a german property boom but a sudden jump in rates as well as material costs mean twice as many developers have filed for insolvency in the last year than the previous 12 months, which means thousands of

new bills have been left desolate mid-construction like this housing complex in berlin. the developers went bankrupt earlier this year, leaving hundreds of new homeowners facing skyrocketing mortgage rates. >> i'm already paying interest from the loan. it's tricky because you cannot use it because there's nothing. and you're already paying the interest. the bank is making the profit. that is crazy. reporter: olaf scholz government had promised to build 100,000 per year to alleviate the housing shortage, but experts believe they will struggle to hit even 200,000 this year and even less than that in 2024. yuka: the u.s. agriculture secretary has warned millions could go hungry if the government shuts down on the first of october. the u.s. congress has yet to

pass any spending bills to fund federal agency programs through the next fiscal year. shutdown would mean delayed paychecks for some 4 million government workers including military personnel, and also payments of benefits to ordinary citizens. let's take a listen. >> our nearly 7 million pregnant mothers and young children count on wic every day to receive support. with the shutdown, what we would see across the united states is a denial of those benefits and opportunities. in some cases, it would be literally within a matter of days after the shutdown. yuka: meanwhile, a warning that a government shutdown could hit the u.s. critically. all three u.s. indices ended with modest gains today. amazon rose 1.7% after it

announced it would invest up to $4 billion to compete with rivals in artificial intelligence. lego has abandoned the plan to make bricks from recycled bottles instead of crude oil. they said after experiments, the new material did not reduce carbon emissions. reporter: a setback for the world's biggest toymaker in its quest to cut carbon emissions. on monday, lego announced it has decided not to progress with making bricks from recycled plastic bottles after more than two years of testing. they found the material did not reduce carbon emissions. the danish company released this statement reaffirming their green commitment. >> we remain fully committed to making lego bricks from sustainable materials by 2032.

we are currently testing and developing lego bricks from a range of alternative sustainable materials including other recycled plastics and plastics made from alternative sources. reporter: the move will be seen as a blow after a high-profile push by lego to improve green credentials. many other companies, the toymaker has been exploring alternative materials to plastic . sustainability becomes more important to customers. one of the challenges has been finding a material durable enough to last for generations. lego has established itself as the most profitable toymaker in the world, increasing earnings for six consecutive years and recording a return of $9.2 billion in .22 according -- in 2022. according to the company, they have invested $1.2 billion in sustainability in missions -- sustainability efforts. yuka: my kids love lego so it

would be great if they are made from sustainable materials. anchor: one rick at a time. let's cross the studio, truth or fake, catalina by the big board. following residence in linsky's visit to new york and that speech at the united nations and the security council where he said some very interesting things, and ad caught the eye of many. catalina: president zelenskyy spoke at the un summit last week as he was allegedly greeted with this glory to urine ad in the middle of new york city's times square at least according to this post on x. let's look at the video, where we see in the far left corner this logo of fox news and we can

see the face of president zelenskyy and the flag of ukraine and the words "glory to urine." and according to users, what seems to be a typo. they also share this statement from the billboard company declaring this was a technical error during a video demonstration on one of the companies many billboard ads in new york city. the same information was shared by many and many accounts we can perhaps call doubtful resources that have been on this segment many times before. it was also shelled -- shared by the leader of britain's far right conservative party, britain first, and by conservative media like the blaze, that posted this as news and later deleted it on x, this is an archive.

but it became so viral that the phrase "lori to urine" became a top topic on september 21, reaching 11,000 posts that day. anchor: surely someone is taking the -- i can't finish the phrase. was it a typo, a fake, was somebody taking the --? catalina: the origin of the video is still unclear but many indications clearly show that this video is a big fake. the key to the investigation, a mcdonald's restaurant that opened in front of this billboard ad this year. as you can clearly see in these images we retrieved in google maps from 2023 where we can see the mcdonald's restaurant very clearly. whereas, if we can compare with images we retrieved from google maps from 2021, and hear from

2022 can clearly see there is no mcdonald's restaurant in front of the billboard ad, just like we see in the viral images. there is no mcdonald's restaurant in front of the ad. which means this video, the viral video, seems to have been filmed before the year 2023. perhaps 2022, as it does coincide with the same images from 2022. fox news told snopes that they never published such a video and the billboard company that runs the also told the ap they never ran a glory for ukraine zelenskyy billboard. journalists also went to the scene and confirmed the billboard never ran on september 21, as "glory for urine" went

viral. anchor: catalina, thank you very much for truth or fake. funny how in america, it is a worker and chips angle that gives us the solution to the puzzle. thank you all for watching. stay with us, more to come live from paris. ♪ ♪ ♪

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09/25/23 09/25/23 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from new york, this is democracy now! >> this has been a long and incredible halt and made this deal be done. we have worked hard. i think it has set the tone for other workers in america and other unions. amy: after 146 days on strike, a tentative deal has been reached