russia and france say that foreign mercenaries are being used in the nagorno-karabakh conflict zone and are being transferred via turkey that is armenia and azerbaijan accuse each other of foreign military. still to now into their 6th day with conflicting reports on the number of civilian and military casualties on. the russian opposition figure the accuse the kremlin of his alleged. strongly denies that claim coming in the family's 1st interview since his recovery in a burning hospital.

but a very good morning this is r.t. . president among your micron has urged all nato partners to face up to the behavior of member state turkey micron says a red line has been crossed and demands explanation after he received information 300 syrian fighters allegedly passed through turkey and arrived in azerbaijan to fight. on an armenian have accused each other of resorting to foreign fighters in the disputed nagorno-karabakh region. let's go live to our senior correspondent who's in istanbul at the moment good morning to bring us the latest. well aside from an incredibly violent and volatile situation on the ground we've just heard about drones being shot down in the vicinity of year of one which is the armenian capital things heating up i would say even boiling on the diplomatic front francis now and now come out with an even more firm position previously they had

decried and rejected aggressive and unacceptable turkish rhetoric as they said it which wasn't making the situation any better and was just egging as it about john all believe in the making the believe that there's a military solution to this crisis now outfront to say that its intelligence also confirms the syrian jihad its muscle marries being funneled to fight for is it about jobs. today we have information certainty that indicates that militants from to have this group the field of combat and syria to rejoin the field of conflict and care obama tonight we have this information regarding the transfer of misery fighters from the middle east and chronic care beharry at a school of the information exists and it was presented in social national and round 100. specifically said that its intelligence refers to

a few 100 a few 100 syrian geodes hardcore islamists who are rigidly from a group that functions that works out of the vicinity of aleppo there there are many many hardcore geodes groups in that area but these calls of you know just the just these calls have basically backed up what various journalists various media outlets as in the russian foreign ministry of also said that they have that they have caught by information that suggests more and more jihad this war more syrian mercenaries will funnel were transported to is it about john to fight on behalf of the is it a budget on the side against against armenia russia russia had said this a day earlier moreover there has been a lot of fighting between as it about john and armenia on that front both sides accusing each other of using mercenaries of pulling in international most rich

people who fight for money rather than rather than union soldiers of their respective countries and this is something that is there but john and turkey had previously denied they had said that no we weren't using any syrian mercenaries now instead of denying they're accusing armenia of doing the same thing but you you know this this just goes to show how dangerous this is on the diplomatic on the international stage because those see. arion mercenaries that are being floated to fight for is it by john they're doing the fighting on the doorstep of iraq iran obviously sent its own forces to syria to fight those same syrian mercenaries now iran is very tense about what is happening across the border who is being sent there to fight russia as well new year the threat here is that this could balloon into a conflict and international conflict where all these sides

a pulled into it regardless of their will despite them wanting to stay out of the russia with its defensive pact with armenia iran obviously very dissatisfied about syrian mercenaries who it forward now being on its doorstep and the international community at large that what is going on in is an escalation that the world doesn't need right now the issue should be. the fact that america russia and france are known as the minsk treason looking for ceasefire in the face of these negative just because they if you quit this problem for nearly 30 years is an acceptable whole slew emaar lifted each turkey's position the remains unchanged and go on and the foreign minister of turkey have been very critical of all these calls for a ceasefire saying that you know there is no point to a cease fire unless the underlying problem and that is who controls got about

unless that is solved they're both saying even said about john and say you know years and years decades of fruitless negotiations have changed nothing and now is the time for military action unfortunately it seems that they weren't counting on a diplomatic response from the international community being very severe or as a correspondent reporting live from the situation from istanbul in turkey thank you . well it's now the 6th day of intense fighting with both nations rejecting calls for a ceasefire with the latest pictures from the armenian side they show rocket launchers and other heavy weaponry lined up along the border for the armenian prime minister reported for drugs have been shot down near the head of and he did not specify which country they belong to. journalists to be getting caught up in the crossfire a cameraman from an armenian t.v. channel was severely injured during shelling from the azerbaijani side these are

pictures of his car 2 french journalists were also hospitalized while covering the conflict our correspondent has done office near the battleground and will file his report shortly. with the sides trade accusations over foreign troop involvement there are also contradictory claims over the number of casualties both military and civilian. looks at how this information appears to become the norm. deception and full of military victories are as old as wolf heart south but in the digital age the distance from ation can be tough charged the military propaganda machine of armenia which found itself in a stalemate after a series of successful hostilities by the us or by johnny army began a large scale provocation in the information space though the armenian side as always presents old video of battles as new ones the goal was to present their failures to the population successes the ongoing conflict in the corner care about

is an example of how information is deployed just as powerfully and destructively as guns claiming victory can play as important a role as physically claiming territory it's all about the image you project so one surprise in that just as azerbaijan tried to discredit armenians claims of success yaron shot off its own attack the enemy both at the front and in the information space is making its last is running out of steam and therefore threw everything possible weapons into and even fakes and falls over the past few days there has been a relentless stream of accusations from one side followed by denials from the author and this exchange of fire has made finding the truth almost impossible for example armenia says one of its su 25 warplanes was shot down by tucker's fighter jet talky and as a by john denounce this is law is on with no footage or i want to says it's one

side against the others so was the truth but even when evidence is put forward the truth proves to be just as elusive the car back to france ministry sit down and sorry helicopter a photo of a burning helicopter into the ground is posted on social media a small victory is claimed it turns out the photo was actually of a helicopter shot down over syria back in february but it doesn't matter because people were. thought it was a sorry and that will stick as way john uses the same tactics to post about a successful strike bridge on his i did not publish any images of the strikes and their mean in positions of military equipment it turned out it was for those from the war in syria these videos were shared thousands of times and so without being the truth they become a version of the truth so we're letting this has this war of information become that journalists have been put on high alert. is all members of the media in

armenia and azerbaijan to not take part in the ongoing information war journalist should avoid when it peel asian and official propaganda it is important to cross-check information even when it comes from official sources journalists should never become soldiers in the information war one of russia's most famous authors once compared finding the truth to looking for gold he said the only way is faster wash away all that is not gold then you will find your shining nugget well when it comes to car but there's still a knot of sifting through the muddy river of misinformation to be done before we even get close to the truth. the kremlin spokesman demitra press corps has accused election of the of working with the cia prompting an angry response from the russian opposition activist who says he's going to sue for scope and follows the violence claim in an interview with german media that putin

poisoned him. i claim that putin is behind the crime and i have no alternative versions of what happened i don't say that to flatter myself but on the basis of fact the most important fact is novacek the order to use a manufacture it can only have come from 2 men the head of the f.s.b. or of the foreign intelligence service the s.v.r. and western intelligence services are working with him in particular of the cia we believe his accusations against the russian president are groundless and unacceptable his interview reveals that he thinks he's as important as the leader of a state with a real royals dad level are quite different people you know it's. only spoke to beagle magazine over a week after he had been discharged from the sherry clinic where he was treated following the alleged poisoning he thinks germany and anglo-american in particular for the help he received their russian opposition figure alleges there was a plot to kill him during a flight from siberia to moscow that only

a lucky series of coincidences helped him survive moscow says there was no miracle though only the professional work of russian pilots medics. meanwhile the international community is calling for an investigation but russia still awaiting the requisite evidence from germany before it can open a criminal case berlin refuses to provide the test results or biomaterials and has told moscow to address the international chemical weapon watchdog the o.p.c. w instead of organization those also refusing to cooperate redirecting moscow back to berlin. with lugar to look very excuses are completely contrived them when germany says it can't tell us anything and direct this to the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons we've been to you several times and they say talk to your with we're ready to talk to anyone we want not when the absence of facts we are pressured into giving an account of ourselves but on the basis of specific

clearly formulated concerns with what we. always ready to have a professional conversation would go much allows the west to say they want to they believe. is actually hiding something here which it may be it may not be this well done of course it's open to the west and many of those of course will work for the a.b.c. to be our sponsors are and supported by western governments we saw that very much during the syria series of reports of p c w and produced that work for any i think neutral objective investigative work questionable at best should we say that moving on to the news out of the case it allows the p.c. debut on the west to call russia's bluff if that's what they believe is happening it will be interesting to see what the o.p.c. response to this is because they don't accept the invitation of course it paints them as an organization has perhaps already come to a preordained conclusion. moscow and other major russian cities are tightening their coronavirus restrictions after

a surge in cases of these double quarter takes us through developments over the past several. years that we have to act with determination to take control of the pandemic in the madrid region and this is the most important thing we have to do in this. have been hit the hardest in st petersburg cases have exceeded those from june worrying authorities that a 2nd wave may have already begun they've already made it mandatory for people to wear face masks on public transport under the penalty of a fine but on the other hand moscow's mayor seems to think the capital has enough hospital beds to handle whatever comes out it but he still introduce new measures to deal with what he considers to be a very serious situation in the developments a very serious i expect the daily caseload to purge 3000 in the coming days we are seeing an increase in the number of people hospitalized they say was seriously ill patients on the ventilator all these numbers are rising the daily hospitalization rate has reached 1000 and this is twice as high as 2 weeks ago you were so young

and the new measures will go into effect on october 5th and they'll require all businesses to have at least 30 percent of their workforce on an at home work regime people $65.00 and older and those with serious illnesses will also be required to work from home and as for children the mayor has declared a 2 week school holiday for the beginning of october to curb the rate of infection the proportion of children who contract it could be 19 has for the 1st time exceeded 900 percent of all cases over the usually have mild symptoms or none a school they can pass the disease on to older family members who are likely to develop much more serious symptoms so far russia sporting the vaccine is going ahead with phase 3 testing as planned with no serious side effects reported the mayor of moscow hopes the 1st batches will be produced either by november or december and perhaps this time around the authorities will have an advantage on keeping new infections low. spain is reintroducing partial lockdown measures in

madrid and surrounding areas the region is the country's worst hit accounting for more than a 3rd of cases in the latest spike but the regional government says the lockdown has no legal basis. what i can tell you is there we have to act with determination to take control of the pandemic in the magic reagent with it up and this is the most important thing we have to do in this moment because health comes 1st. we believe this document contains decisions that concern the entire national health system and above all the fundamental rights and freedoms of millions of people the minister is imposing measures that go against the will of many a citizen it's. under the new restrictions residents in madrid will not be allowed to leave the area unless they have to make an essential journey social gatherings will be limited to 6 people bars and restaurants will have to close from 11 pm parks and playgrounds will be off limits the measures have already led to mass protests more than 2000 people gathered to denounce measures last friday protestors

put rubbish bins into the road and chanting slogans demanding freedom presidents what they thought about the new measures. you were going to get they have turned this into a political war and it is and they're playing this and they should be aware that they have to see this and am not a political war. but i think there is a real throughout this could be improved a lot if the necessary measures are taken with more transport put on to avoid growing. if you lock people up at home for the virus for the flu for a cold everything will get better but people don't have anything to eat and you just have to take a walk through madrid to see the shops are all closed people will eventually have to grow their own potatoes because i don't know what we're going to eat it closes again. so new just in donald trump has announced he and his wife have tested positive for covert 19 it comes not long after they went into quarantine after one

of his closest advisers also tested positive for the virus tom says that he will remain in quarantine in the white house. now a new f.b.i. film on the dangers of chinese intelligence recruitment is branded as cold war style propaganda we'll bring you more on that story after the break. join me every day on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sport i'm sure i'll see you then.

welcome but the f.b.i. has released a new short film demonstrating the dangers of chinese intelligence recruitment over the propaganda star video reminded many of the methods used by the u.s.

and the u.s.s.r. through the cold war you live in explains. it's the latest hollywood thriller complete with a catchy soundtrack and a script that keeps you on however it's meant to be informative it's not a feature film this half hour movie was created by the f b i warn you about chinese intelligence and its efforts to recruit this is someone targeted on raven who may have sent classified information to chinese intelligence . like many blockbusters it's based on a true story a former cia officer was sentenced to 20 years in prison for passing along information to the chinese now the f.b.i. says that this video is meant to educate the public and alert them about the threat

of foreign intelligence recruitment as this movie highlights foreign intelligence services are posing as head hunters and consultants and professional networking sites to aggressively target americans we believe it's critically important to educate the public in order to need to realize this threat from foreign intelligence services well we've seen all those old newsreels talking about the red menace it looks like the propagandists are still in business years later trying. to buy i'm going to go. and play russia had occupied many new territories bringing additional millions of people under communist control who's to say the chinese can't strike back they've got hollywood scenes of their own the. liberal look what happens when. the amount of police on the line to do

a little digital and just listen to your sim and either the usa nor china has actually declared a new cold war but everyone is buzzing about it and the issue of our cold war art is the foreign minister of the suggested so it's not just our writings saying that is this a new cold war we've heard for example u.k. officials are china in the united states headed for a new cold war or is it going to be a hot war the un is even getting in on the hysteria or should we call it in a stealth you must do every scene for the new cold war. we are moving in a very dangerous direction. own world cannot afford a future where to too much as the economy speed the globe in a great fraction each with its own through those financial rules and the internet and artificial intelligence capacities yes many of us heard stories from our parents about hiding under their desks in school during civil defense drills the

cold war has a special place in american history and now with dueling propaganda films and talk of a red menace from china it seems that the cold war is back the good old days well perhaps we've forgotten how potentially dangerous it is. r.t. new york we spoke to politics professor joseph gregory mahoney who says the u.s. china cold war is already upon us. if we follow reports of majority opinions among business leaders and policymakers that there will be likely a war between china and us within the next 10 years so i think that again this is part of the. negative messaging that we see with trump but there is also some credibility that it is an issue that the u.s. wants to check ahead of future conflict we already see many people agree

a cold war and tech a cold war growing in frictions between us and china and other countries and international organizations as the u.s. turns against multi-lateralism some people a lot of people in the d.c. area believe that we're already in a hot cyber war. now for intelligence workers in north rhine-westphalia germany are accused of far right activity online or one of the suspects worked in a police department 3 of them were part of an observation group that was involved in various investigations including monitoring right wing extremism for sharing videos with anti islam was in the phobic contending group chats until one of the coworkers informed the interior ministry and the 1st recent case of german officials being eased the far right activities and the 2 weeks earlier 29 police officers in the german state of north rhine-westphalia were suspended now face an investigation for sharing online neo nazi images in private what some groups 11 suspects face criminal charges for alleged incitement says face being fired at

those some may only face disciplinary action we spoke to be a solely member of germany's delinquent party he says fascism in germany's security apparatus must be v.t. don't. i don't think the police is actually the biggest problem i think the problem is with the security services they have the opportunity to for example read your mail and pull up listening addresses of nearly all the citizens in the state and this is a power that can be very dangerous right wing extremists of all kinds should be dissolved and completely replace by new institution that it from the ground up is democratic in its purpose and its mathes you have to destroy it to stand make racism and fascism in germany security apparatus.

a new e.u. report has slammed hungry in poland for violating rule of law could affect the fact that access to block funding be to all of his more. the e.u. commission has let rip a scathing condemnation of what it sees as poland and hungary scaling democratically it accuses warsaw a 3rd of pest among other things of applying political pressure to media and the courts poland's justice reform since 2015 had been a major source of controversy both domestically in at e.u. level and have are a serious concerns. the shrinking possibilities of civic oversight in the context of restrictions to media freedom ho style environment for civil society organizations and constant challenges in the application of the transparency and access to public information rules further weaken the anti corruption framework this latest swipe from brussels comes just a few days after poland and hungary joined forces to implement

a new organization of their own its purpose to monitor violations of the law in the european union. the aim of this institute of comparative law would be that we should not be taken for fools we have had enough of some western european politicians using as a punchbag the idea behind the institute is to pull brussels a lot warsaw and budapest see as double standards in the block the animosity between poland and hungary on one side and the e.u. institutions on the other is running right now the whole garion prime minister wants the removal of e.u. commission vice president b.n. a year of over comments she made to the news magazine dish beagle the commons are a blatant violation of the principle since equal parisian and prevent any meaningful dialogue the statements are incompatible with who care and mandate therefore her resignation is indispensable listening to the noises coming out of

brussels the commission v.p. is going nowhere this is just the latest spat between e.u. top brass and hungry they have previously clashed on migration minorities and states autonomy hungry along with poland and the czech republic recently to rail to an e.u. migration plan that would have seen asylum applicants shared among men and the states will continue to fight against the european mainstream who still didn't understand that supporting migration is not a good response to the problems of europe it can be quite easy on hearing this news to some i think well there we go again same truly eastern men the states. not agreeing with brussels is the issue for the bloc but these spots can have far reaching ramifications particularly when it comes to foreign policy which requires unanimity for the block to act should poland hungary or anyone else for that matter feel like they're being victimized or picked on they can cause more than just

a headache for brussels it can have an impact on how the european union as a whole is viewed on the world stage peter all of our r.t. . and i'll bring you right up to date i'm staying with our team or in half an hour . as the u.s. economy was booming gaining numbers of people were made homeless. you can work 40 hours in a week and still not have enough to get housing everybody believes america still is the land of opportunity the reality of it is we're not financially equality and the lack of affordable housing for a living minimum wage gave many people no choice. there's been a problem with the city knows turn every child told me stay away almost. half the

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