armenia and azerbaijan continue their deadly standoff over the disputed territory of nagano. r t isn't the only media outlet granted access to the conflict zone concerns over foreign fighters including extremists being sent into the car about the battle zone are raised by moscow which is urging all sides prevent external involvement also ahead. among those allies everybody knows he's a liar there's nothing smart about you. know your number 2. presidential debate decorum and exit stage left as round one between donald trump and joe biden descends into name calling and interruptions we've got the big

moments from it for you. broadcasting one of them in the night from our little bit darker studios this is our 2 international incheon tom certainly glad to have you with us all right now the u.n. security council is calling for an immediate end to fighting between armenia and azerbaijan after 4 days of hostilities the 2 nations are once again vying for control over the long disputed border region of nagano. t is the sole media outlet granted access to the region r.t.c. go to don i've spoke to us earlier from their. well we're in the city of stop on the capital of the disputed nagorno-karabakh region and well you can see how dark it is around me well it's not because we're in a forest or somewhere in the middle of nowhere no in we're in the middle of a city

a big pretty big bustling city normally shining with the lights but this is not the case right now because all the street lights have been switched off people are trying not to light the lights in their homes just because just to make it more difficult the job more difficult to those who are bombing this town what has become regular here raid sirens that sort of a sort of terrifying soundtrack to this war i should say this city of step on a cat is pretty far from the front line about 60 kilometers probably but regularly every day we're hearing dozens of raid sirens and we hear we're hearing explosions as the missile defense systems as added fan systems i should say are shooting down these drones that the air by johnny army is sending in sending in here now when it comes to the latest as to what's going on on the frontlines well i wish i could tell you that it is getting more timid but well it isn't at all the fighting is

intensifying from what i'm seeing this is the conclusion that i can make so far the infantry aren't at each other's throats on going into hand to hand combat so far the conflict and the stage of artillery shelling and bombings the drone bombings especially so the 2 the 2 sides are firing at each other relented slee ruthlessly when it comes to casualties both armenia and azerbaijan to giving contradicting figures and each for instance armenia for example is saying that more than $100.00 people were killed they could have they killed more than 100 as they are by johnny soldiers as they are by john denies that and says that it was them who killed hundreds of armenians soldiers and i'm. turn denies that so it is difficult to find any any plausible and real it's difficult to tell which figures are realistic indeed now when it comes to the bigger developments armenia today the foreign

ministry accused by john of giving up all operations offensive operations bombings control to the turkish military so essentially they've said that now everything that is going on every bombing is something that turkey has ordered something that has been ordered from by you the turkish military now ankara of quds has adamantly denied by saying that they are not involved in this conflict militarily armenia has promised to show some proof but hasn't done so so far now as to what we have seen we traveled to a frontline town basically in an hour that we spent there filming we witnessed everything artillery artillery fire from both sides a drone came in flew into buzzing the armenian soldiers shot at us didn't they missed the drone bomb those those who shot and flew away and then artillery work to get all that in the span of just an hour now i will be standing by here reporting

from the frontlines and from and report giving you bringing you personal stories alike so stay tuned for that. meanwhile azerbaijani media have published a video allegedly showing a drone strike on armenian soldiers dozens of civilian and military casualties have been reported on both sides here is how people in azerbaijan and armenia view the ongoing crisis. profitable to hamas as a by john is not providing any opportunity to resolve this conflict through negotiations it has been decided that the conflict must be resolved through force and we are all ready for that but it must be understood that if this happens there will be severe loss of life and every loss is a tragedy we do not want the issue to be addressed in this way. medical needs our position it is the it serious who are to blame and from their point of view we are to blame as an armenian i do not want to talk about who is right or wrong but i would like those issued to be resolved through negotiations not force. and i

don't like what is happening many people i know are now going to the front line we don't want blood to be shown we want everything to end peacefully but i am afraid there is no chance to talk about peace at the moment we must reclaim our lens. for devotion in the north. of course what is happening in the conflict zone is bad who would want to have a war and see people dying but how had was forced by the armenians. both of the leaders of russia and france are in agreement that the situation needs a suspicion of hostilities after holding talks meanwhile moscow has also warned about the possible involvement of foreign extremists in the conflict has more. so the issue of foreign mercenaries from outside the region being moved into the call for exile in a go in a car back it was 1st armenia that began pointing at such concerns but now is the

time when the russian officials are directly addressing this threat in a statement here's what exactly the russian foreign ministry said according to the information we have received militants from illegal armed groups have been transferred to the nagorno-karabakh conflict zone from syria in libya to take part in the still it is we call in the leaders of the countries involved to take active measures to prevent the deployment of foreign terrorists a masterpiece in the conflict and to ensure their immediate withdrawal from the region so and this is very important moscow is not pointing the finger at any of the sides for being behind it but like i said when your yvonne was voicing concern about alien fighters in the region they put the blame on turkey straight away in fact armenia has been saying all along that turkey is to blame for provoking this conflict in the 1st place now in an interview to russian t.v.

both leaders of armenia and azerbaijan addressed this specific issue and here is what exactly they had to say by in their haste through 3 turkish warfare instructors and high ranking personnel a currently at command posts in azerbaijan turkey is also recruiting mercenaries in syria and taking them to azerbaijan to fight in a war against nagorno-karabakh and armenia turkey is giving us moral support and we are grateful to the turkish government and turkish people for solidarity in standing by resigning there is no other role turkey's taking into the conflict the role of iran and all this has been the focus of speculation and debate for a long time now because unlike many international players which called for a peaceful settlement and the ones that didn't take. turkey from the very beginning began to support as our by john even said that they are ready to back them militarily now this is something that wasn't welcome to by russia which is also an

important player in the region and which does at this point has very good relations with anchor up so here's what we heard in response to the statements made by turkish officials from moscow. we stand by as a by john on the field and at the table now we want to solve this problem completely so that peace and stability can come to the region the occupied territories of us by joan must be liberated not to be i'm sure any statements about some kind of support and military activity and doubted lee add fuel to the fires we are firmly against this we call on all countries especially our partners including turkey to do all they can to urge the conflict in sides to return to the ceasefire now all of this comes amid media reports that syrian rebels backed by turkey are either getting ready to be moved to a car back or are already on the way there but again for now these are just reports

and like i said before russia is not blaming anyone for this matter at this point. earlier my colleague you know neal spoke to a political analyst focusing on the region who explained it there are numerous complex parties to consider in the conflict. there are many organizations not probably i don't think it is real be bodies' me the or dorky me there of by gen or even the leaders it is mainly i suppose the initiative belongs to certain financial firms and slamming financial firms related to the muslim presence in another meaning of the they are me and prime minister as stated turkey might be sending syrian mercenaries to azerbaijan to fight in this conflict could this information have any crimes of truth in it well it could because you need to cross the borders you need to get customs clearance when you come into country and of course the to

push government feel very relaxed when the militants who are in practical meaning under took control getting out of the country and they could much less problems because when they go to getting out to other place and don't forget the game feeling that the former soviet union have something in common and when people call in for arabs for syrians or for turks when we come back to the former soviet union . if these kind of go for it let's say should so i think they knew about it and they could put it away and but they didn't but there is no any official decisions that sent as a. government sponsored troops we've seen over the last number of days some statements of support from m korea for azerbaijan how far do you think turkey is willing to go to help its ally well you should understand the situation be thrown the chair of sort of the gun was shaken now but too many forces inside turkey would

include of the gun party now wanting to replace him and he's fighting for the place so if the military fortune would be on a sort of bridge on the side at the gun would get the glory of. concrete are over there are many and like stuff that you would quarles. big greek. so that is if may be true for sure i know it was a bit generous but if it means we have begun to lose nothing because of its beauty but it's a little bit of motivations. donald trump and joe biden have locked horns in the 1st us election debate of 2020 earlier my colleague dan hawkins and don quarter discussed the presidential clash which was a chaotic affair with no shortage of insults and interruptions. listen respectfully to each other's opinion i'm not here to call out his lies everybody knows he's a liar will never use the word smart with me ever use that word because you know

what there's nothing smart about you joe what do you should excuse the one who so you are number 2 he's putin's puppy i get my time back if you are interruptions i'm appealing to you sort of do it him to well frankly you've been doing more interrupting there to the right but he does plenty well less than you will he's just shush for a minute why do you do it over again in the last 25 years i because i want our life as you do it because you are president sure things up you are a senator and the worst were as always america is ever. going. to get any word with this clown directly matters that you know now that were done were done sir while then the american people had big hopes for this debate after all it's happening on the backdrop of a global pandemic and a serious economic crisis but based on how both biden and trump conducted themselves i would say most people probably thought they were watching some sort of circus. you should get out of your bunker and get out of the sand trap and get in

your golf course and fund what needs to be done now to save lives he wants to shut down this country and i want to keep it open. i had it close to the greatest economy in the history of our country we handed him a booming economy he blew it was it he who. he are you races you say the crime bill $994.00 where you call the super predators african-americans the super predators and the moderator was barely able to hold this discourse together to stop it from completely devolving into insults and unsurprisingly we saw the mainstream media pretty quickly send out already headlines blaming trump entirely for derailing the debate but as we just saw in that clip it takes 2 to tango and biden didn't exactly live up to his promise to bring dignity to politics. we can do all that we need to do to make grown to restore and we need to restore the integrity of the presidency of the office of

presidency and humans to the american public had high hopes for this debate what's been the reaction so far while during the debate the moderator was able to get in a lot of questions that the american people really want answers to how the next administration is going to handle coronavirus relief racism police brutality of the social unrest but the most important thing of all is how biden or trump actually respond to these questions and voters didn't seem to think that they did a very good job honestly is a very painful response i don't think either them one this is terrible all around this is very upsetting to watch that this is the best representation for our country right now i don't think i can say that even if you were one i think it was a twister it was a wild ride it went left there was a lot going on there was a lot of interruption it was crazy. to me that i don't think either one of them respected none of the other. and the economy seems to agree with those voters as

well because right after the close of this chaotic debate we saw u.s. stock futures take a plunge and while both political camps have already started making political memes as if they're their guy won the debate everyday voters are really kind of taking a sort of i'd rather laugh than cry approach. we asked former republican senator state senator john lennon international affairs expert so him a clinton for their thoughts on the 1st debate. there's little doubt that

trump lost his composure as he was repeatedly interrupting and. seemed overly emotional and somewhat hysterical i was disappointed to see it in decide to sort of stoop to that kind of behavior he tends to be very dismissive been goalie and in fact a name call it's certainly not presidential it's not the kind of behavior that you really want to see any candidate i'm not sure anybody watching had their minds changed except that i did i do see that i think biden's going to have some cleanup to do with the left flank it's inappropriate he just dismissed the president as a liar i hate to see the count on how many times he said the president just lies without backing up and being specific about what was dishonest but

american politics can be pretty contentious and i think american people sadly are kind of used to it. still had on our to international readers of the new york times are rounding on the outlets fact checking of the u.s. presidential debate that's very much more appropriate this is art. join me every thursday on the alex simon short and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm sure. i'll see you then. seemed wrong. just don't call. me. to

shape out just to. educate and in detroit equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. let's talk about tea and crumpets and scones the london bridge. and welcome back this is our to international now on the merkel has said that she is planning to meet with the belorussian opposition leaders. who is currently in

lithuania having fled her country after the disputed presidential election in august and of the german chancellor shares her view that the vote was rigged. and if. we do not recognize the legitimacy of us president see him to engage in dialogue with his people without interference from east or west we come down to what's going on there on a daily basis specifically the derailment of democratic processes and the violence perpetrated against the opposition. german chancellor angela merkel has added her voice to calls from french president emmanuel back on for alexander lukashenko to step down as president of belarus micron had met with svetlana ticking off sky the woman who ran against lucas schenker in august disputed election just earlier this week that meeting took place between the french president and a mistake and following that meeting that crown said that he was willing to act as

a mediator to get to the bottom of the impasse that followed that vote however there has been some questions over the fitness of mr micron to act as a mediator in a dispute he's already very publicly taken aside in or speaking on wednesday the german chancellor angela merkel said that she will also be holding her own meeting with svetlana taken off in a meeting of the need. i will meet with their positions to her north korea what we see brief women taking to the streets calling for corruption free life i cannot but it mire that. with 2 of the keep power brokers in france and germany either having met with or agreeing to meet with svetlana ticking off skier it's hard to see how that sits alongside previous statements by emmanuel marco on and angela merkel saying that there should be no outside interference in the future of dollars. from clapham absolutely clear must find its way by itself and there must be no

involvement from abroad the people of belarus know what they want and it was good for them and we want the dialogue to take place among belorussians themselves with the european union is ready to take part if that's what belorussians wants russia should also be included as part of that dialogue. moscow is unequivocal on this and says that these meetings are direct outside interference on the future of belarus that immediate putin's spokes person to me to the press corp saying that there was tremendous external pressure on minsk and on alexander lukashenko right now we consider these decisions to be an arts with international law they clearly feel to facilitate dialogue and in effect and mountain meddling in internal affairs they expect more bellerose talk coming this week on thursday and friday there is a special e.u. council summit taking place during that summit we can expect the future of sanctions on belarus and all alexander lukashenko and those close to him to be

discussed you bring you all the latest on that as it happens. returning to tuesday nights a us presidential debate between donald trump and joe biden the new york times is under fire from its own readers over its coverage of the event the paper tweeted this screenshot of it's fact checking piece of shows a quote from biden claiming we left to trump a booming economy and he caused the recession new york times flag that as false and its mostly liberal readers were unimpressed and this is the image you choose to include cancelling my subscription tomorrow i'm done with the this is ridiculous ludicrous shameful ok after decades of being a subscriber i'm going to have to cancel my subscription because the new york times continues to kneeboard terms fascism. so glad i cancelled my subscription to rag cannot believe you would choose

a biden quote tough to trump just lied for 90 minutes but what we're seeing now is this with some of the new york times which the claims that sob so fervently to be the paper of record and to be the authoritative voice the news america they've really gone so far off the hinges where they won't even pretend to be to be biased already pretend to give the other side a fair shake the readers are a bit so poisoned by the rhetoric of the last 4 years that that the opposition president is the incarnates of evil right that that nothing else mattered but getting rid of this guy they poison the reader so much with this rhetoric as soon as they say one of these media companies just dipping their toe in the water of fact checking joe biden then it's all out backlash and they think that suddenly these papers are on the side of some dark side tannic force it's a chicken or egg question but this relationship that these far left these have with their media but they're locked into each other now and it's an absolute echo

chamber. france and germany are warning of potential action against russia over the alleged poisoning of the election of only the european powers claim it's moscow's duty to establish what happened to the opposition figure. if. i call on russia to do more to investigate this case the case such as this must have consequences the therefore reserves the right to impose sanctions on. the. pick and not there was very clearly an assault and an assassination attempt that was made on russian soil against a russian opponent with a chemical agent on the business related in russia. and therefore it is on russia to give indispensable clarification that we will have to draw from the information that russia provides the consequences all its refusal to provide tariff occasion. to spite those words there. german chancellor angela merkel has said that she will

wait and see what the chemical weapons watchdog concludes before deciding how to proceed meanwhile russian prosecutors have said a 3rd request to berlin seeking the evidence that they needed to formally open a case previous requests were ignored we consider it an attempt to politicize the matter everything that is going on indicates that it is not to both seeking the truth our prosecutors have sent a 3rd request to germany but there has only been one of response and that was from the media that the request had been received in the volley was transported to berlin after falling ill on a domestic flight in siberia and was recently discharged from the hospital political analyst gilbert doctorow says the west is deliberately piling the pressure on russia. this is a talking point. that i think we have to look at. most a statement from the state of not growing in the context of what i see is that he's wrong. on russia going on to the military from the informational whether it was

one of the economic stand you bring in the roads into question the west is now of. pressure on russia and the valley is is only one of us it is a leader against mr king as they in their view. want to do you can get that way because if there were to be a proper investigation the absurdity of the claims made against russian. oil or the voice of them that was what we needed. just democrats have lashed out at the release of a declassified report allegedly obtained from russian intelligence documents claim hillary clinton personally approved a plan to undermine donald trump back in 2016 by linking him to russian hackers according to his handwritten notes form a central intelligence agency direct to brennan subsequently briefed president

obama and other senior national security officials on the intelligence including the alleged approval by hillary clinton when she led the 26th 2016 of her proposal from one of her foreign policy advisers to vilify donald trump by stirring up a scandal claiming interference by russian security services the claims are summed up in a letter from the director of national intelligence to the senate judiciary committee it alleges that the text is insight into russian intelligence analysts analysis and may reflect exaggeration or fabrication top democrats are saying the release of the findings so close to the election is disturbing. now the claim that russia hacks of the democratic national committee goes back to before the 2016 election it's part of years of investigations into alleged trump russia collusion and it culminated in the release of the muller report in april last year which failed to pinpoint any clear evidence of collusion lew rockwell a political consultant and author says russia gate isn't going anywhere. the

attorney general wants to reveal the truth i would i would very much like to see that notice that he said that he would give a private briefing to members of the just the judiciary committee if they were interested in that about things that had not been that he had not made. public so i hope a lot more is made public i think is a but many of these documents the american people need to see these documents about the so-called russian collusion which we know i think know any of us who examine a knew was a fraud from the beginning but of course the american media hides it nobody knows about it unless you read certain publications i notice that joe biden last night in the presidential debate referred to trump as putin's puppet and without any explanation or any evidence. so this is still the democratic line although it's obviously ridiculous that does a female back with mortars about 30 minutes this is art international stay with us

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