because he gets the required. on the streets to become the invisible. fighting between azerbaijan and armenia enters the 6th day and is taking on an increasing told civilians journalists have also been among those of course in the crossfire. russian front say syrian militants of pouring into the conflict zone as you're about of back you've traded accusations over foreign mercenaries. revealed in the 1st lady have tested positive for covert 19 quarantine in the white house. also lets in a valley of ours to see after the kremlin spokesman accused him of collaborating with the cia after the anti-corruption blogger implicated. in the poison plot on

his life. other thanks for joining us mid day here in moscow this is arctic. strategic gains in its military campaign against armenia the reignited territorial conflict is into its 6th day the armenian side is also claiming success since with the prime minister saying his trip shut down for drones near the capital. he can see all meeting on telly and rocket launches a host of things have seen civilians also changing the course for among the journalists a cameraman from an armenian t.v. channel was severely injured when his car was hit by shelling also 2 french

journalists have been hospitalized covering the conflict corresponding just on the reports from the battleground. deadly clashes continue here in the disputed region of nagorno-karabakh both sides are mean and as they are by john battering each other with hillary right now yeah yvonne is saying that dozens of its soldiers were killed yesterday alone while azerbaijan is saying that these numbers are actually in the hundreds saying that they killed hundreds of soldiers so it is difficult to tell how many people exactly are dying here and who to believe this comes amid mounting reports of syrian fighters actually coming and fighting on the frontlines from the as there by john the site several news outlets reported this so it will be there by john of who is who is denying these reports is denying all these claims also and yesterday yesterday's shellings several news crews to the news crews.

and wounded for instance the journalist of the french newspaper le monde they got caught up in the shelling got badly wounded had to be taken to hospital and surgeons had to operate on them to save their lives. even trying to send a jet here to evacuate them from this region also a cameraman of the local news crew was wounded as well all of that happened in the frontline town of martinique we ourselves filmed just a couple of days ago the city is being battered very very badly because not only not only drones can bombard but also it's within the range. of the azerbaijani artillery now this town where we are right now the largest town in the corner karabakh says the town of the panic is also being bombed regularly we heard explosions just a few minutes ago so really there's no there's no safe place here and the fighting

is not receding as both sides are refusing to sit to go back and sit at the negotiating table. you know going occur conflict is one of several border disputes still unresolved since the collapse of the soviet union the enclave populated mainly by armenians broke away from answered by xian in 1908 but is not being widely recognized as a sovereign state you all the french president has warned nato alliance member turkey wish backs us about john has crossed a red line and when your microphone says he's received intelligence 300 syrian fighters were let through the country are no way to fight for back you john and armenia are accusing each other of deploying foreign mercenaries with more is our. well aside from an increasingly violent and volatile situation on the ground things that heating up on the diplomatic international stage i would say at this point that they are boiling france now coming out with an increasingly hardline 8 stance

on what is happening in the region in these in this conflict the nasty thing that they've come by the same intelligence as russia had that there are indeed syrian geologist's mercenary fighters being transported and utilized by is headed by john in the fight against armenia. today we have information with certainty that indicates that militants from to how does groups who left the field of combat and syria to rejoin the field of combat and care of we have this information regarding the transfer of mercenary fighters from the middle east to the going to curb area the information exists and it was presented in social networks and relevant publications previously tacky and as ed by john had vehemently denied that they were usually using utilizing syrian mercenaries and in the fight against armenia against catabolic but in recent days that lie has changed now they're accusing

armenia of itself using hiring mercenaries and or the guise of them being volunteers. there is much historic evidence for meaning of terrorists and mercenaries during the occupation of nagorno-karabakh and adjacent regions of their beach on their mini and leadership continues this policy today mercenaries are pumped into the conflict zone disguised as mountaineers according to our information about food fans and militants have recently been deployed by turkey from syria to azerbaijan they are already fighting for azerbaijan they are trained in militant camps and than transferred weirdly calling its international concern doesn't quite do it justice there are very concrete fears that have taken root that this could be a runaway conflict the potential as collation could be catastrophic because all these powers regional powers could be pulled into this war into this conflict

irregardless of what they want russia for example with its security pact defense pact with armenia iran making it know very well that it is tremendously concerned about syrian fighters mercenaries which is his forte in syria now being flew to its doorstep. just just to show how can they are france the united states and russia have come together in a in a comparatively rare feat addition to the joint statement calling for peace though turkey for one doesn't quite believe that that can happen you should learn the fact that america russia and france known as the minsk trio are looking for cease fire in the face of these negative developments just because they have been equipped to this problem for nearly 30 years is an acceptable turkey's position and to a lesser degree that of is it by john is that there has been years decades of talks

and they've led to nothing they've been completely fruitless the karabakh problem is still a problem the flare ups are still happening they say this is not the time for peace this is a tired. to resolve this conflict by military means because all these talks have led to nothing and if we keep talking the conflict will keep escalating unless the underlying issue is resolved and that is who controls care about the problem will persist. as a bunch are released these images showing the destruction of armenian military vehicles both sides of a string of videos to back up their claims of tactical victories but are making contradictory claims about the damage inflicted and sustained auntie's suskind this information has become one of the key weapons in the ground war. deception and full of military victories are as old as of warfare itself but in the digital age the distance the mason 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 thereby johnny army began a large scale provocation in the information space thus the armenian side as always presents old video of past battles as new ones the goal was to present their failures to the population as successes the ongoing conflict in the want to care about is an example of how information is deployed just as powerfully and destructively as guns claiming victory come play as important a role as physically claiming territory it's all about the image you project so one surprise in that just as i said by john tried to discredit i mean his claims of success yes on shot off its own attack. the enemy both at the front in the information space is making his last efforts is running out of steam and therefore threw everything all possible weapons into battle and even fakes and falls hoods over the past few days there has been a relentless stream of accusations from one side followed by denials from the other

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 laws and with no footage or i want to says it's one side's word against the others so where's the truth but even when evidence is put forward the truth proves to be just as elusive the car back to france ministry both sit down and sorry helicopter a photo of a burning helicopter hurtling to 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 thought it was a sari and that will stick as a boy john uses the same tactics to post about a successful strike bridge on his i did not publish any midges 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 shot 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. all members of the media in armenia and azerbaijan to not take part in the ongoing information war journalists should avoid manipulation 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 nuggets well when it comes to care about there's still a knot of sifting through the muddy river of misinformation to be done before we

even get close to the truth. donald trump person and both he and his wife malani a trump have tested positive for cope with 19 comes not long after he said that he would go into quarantine after its closest aide also tested positive for the virus . tonight 1st lady of the u.s. and i tested positive for covert 19 we will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately we will get through this together most people went to sleep here in the united states they gave us hope hicks the president's longtime aide and 31 year old assistant was the one who tested positive last notes from the president most people went to sleep was that he had been tested he and his wife been tested since then about 12 o 5 the official memorandum came from dr connally the president's position confirming that both the president as well the 1st lady what had tested positive however it does that the president in good health and will continue to be able to

handle the position we here in the united states do have the ability thanks to the 25th amendment that the president is incapacitated he can temporarily pass his powers over to the vice president we are not at this stage because the president himself is a symptomatic as of now and only took the test because of a closeness that he had to hope x. after he tested positive herself and she said asymptomatic the must be some implications when it comes to his campaigning how he's going to fight what he would normally be doing in his bid to style this president. well that is a very good question we're going to find out a lot once the sun rises here in the united states how people are going to react to it is there going to be fear obviously the markets are going to be the 1st test to see how wall street is reacting to it but the campaign is very much alive and on on task considering it's $32.00 days the president has stopped all campaigning there all of it that he was going to be attending as evan now has declared his schedule

is only one happening at 1215 today he's got a phone call from the white house on coping 100.2 vulnerable seniors sent then i think the president knows very much personally right now how to handle we are within the 14 day quarantine time frame however to the next debate which is. yes to happen on october 15th so it will depend on whether or not the president is able to meet the specific guidelines as of now they are too negative a test to do negative test taken whether or not the president has this 2nd debate as scheduled on time i honestly my personal feeling is i do not think it is going to be very likely i think they will push it outside the 14 day window and there will be that 3rd debate that's supposed to be happening in nashville tennessee on october 22nd as well all of these can be pushed on the one thing that cannot be pushed off however is the actual election date which is november 3rd it has never happened in history to take it through a 3rd vote by congress to change the election date and congress has not gotten

along very well on any issue let's be very highly doubtful that they would change it even on this. after he was accused of working for the cia the become the made the strike you claim after the russian anti corruption blogger alleged president vladimir putin plotted to kill 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 and particularly 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 but the real royals at that level are quite different people you know it made his allegation in germany's there should be a girl magazine it was his 1st interview since coming out of a coma it's been just over a week since he was discharged from the burden hospital that was treating him for nerve agent poisoning he thanks germany and england for the help he received there meanwhile the international community's press think on moscow to dig deeper into what happened the russia says it along a lot of criminal case of germany shares the 7th earl is refusing to provide the test results and is directed moscow to the international chemical weapons watchdog the o.p.c. w. is also being uncooperative telling the russians to go back and speak to the gents . but look you absolutely their excuses are completely contrived when germany says it can't tell us anything and direct this to the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons but we've been to the a.b.c. w.

several times and they say talk to you but we are ready to talk to anyone we want not when in the absence of facts we're pressured into giving an account of ourselves but on the basis of specific clearly formulated concerns we are always ready to have a professional conversation it allows the west to say if they want to do that if they believe china is actually hiding something here which it may be it may not be as well then of course it's open to the west and many of those who course will work for the a.b.c. to be our sponsors our answer courted by western governments we saw that very much during the syria series of reports of the a p c w i produced that work for any i think neutral objective investigative work questionable at best should we say that moving on to the nevada case it allows the p.c. to view on the west to call russia's bluff if that's what they believe is happening it would be interesting to see what the i.p.c.c. their response to this is because they don't accept an invitation of course it

can't stand as an organization as perhaps already come to a preordained conclusion. still to come for you russia is ratcheting up its ante covert response as the case load of infections get heavier return with that story in full in a few moments. join

me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports i'm showbusiness i'll see you then. welcome back moscow and other major russian cities are toughening their coronavirus restrictions after a surge in cases because it takes us through the measures. over the past several

weeks russia seen a significant rise in the rate of new covert cases with nearly $9000.00 new infections over just the past 24 hours of course the country's 2 largest cities 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 will expect the daily caseload to approach 3000 in the coming days as we've seen an increase in the number of people hospitalized they say was seriously ill patients on the ventilator and these numbers are rising daily hospitalization rate has reached 1000 and this is twice as high as 2 weeks ago you

were so young and 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've contract it could be 19 has for the 1st time exceeded 900 percent of all cases over the usually have mold symptoms or nonis will they can post 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. a spat has broken out between authorities in madrid and the spanish government after it reposed lockdown measures on the city and surrounding areas the regions

the country's worst hit by curve in 19 accounts for more than one 3rd of infections at the local administration says the new lockdown is illegal and violates freedoms . o'keefe i can tell you is there we have to act with determination to take control of the pandemic in the majeed region and this is the most important thing we have to do in this moment because health comes 1st so. 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 citizens. well under the new restrictions residents of 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 must be closed by 11 pm and parks and playgrounds will be off limits the measures have already led to mass protests more than 2000 people gathered to

denounce them on friday protesters pushed rubbish bins into the road and chanted slogans demanding freedom we asked residents in madrid what they think of the new lockdown. after turning it into a political war airplane with us and they should be aware that they have to see this is a pandemic it's not a political one but i think there is a real throughout this could be improved a lot if the necessary move those are taken with more transport but i want to have a way to grow. if you look 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 madrid closes again. the f.b.i. has released a new short film demonstrating the dangers of chinese intelligence recruitment but the propaganda star video reminded many of the methods used by the us and u.s.s.r.

during the cold war liberal open explains. it's the latest hollywood thriller complete with a catchy soundtrack and a script that keeps you on edge however it's meant to be informative it's not a feature film this half hour movie was created by the f.b.i. . more knew 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 . devise i'm going to go on 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 ones are not worth. the amount of time really to do

a little truth with them when i was. just listening 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 line action own world cannot afford a future where do too much as the economy speed the globe in a great fraction each with its own freedoms 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 up and r.t. new york. we spoke to politics professor joseph mahoney says the u.s. china cold war was already a promise. if we 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 we're trapped 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 frictions between us and china and other countries and international organizations as the u.s. turns against multilateralism some people a lot of people in the d.c. area believe that we're already in a hot cyber war. 3 german intelligence service is a woman police work a stand accused of far right activity online the 4 were involved in various investigations including munching right wing extremism that he shared videos with and the islam and xenophobia content it's only the latest such case 2 weeks ago 29 police officers were suspended the showing near not see images in private what some groups you spoke with to be on top a surly member of germany's left party he says extremism must be rooted out of germany security apparatus 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

a can pull up lists of addresses of nearly all of the citizens in the state and this is a power that can be very dangerous right bringing extremists of all kinds should be dissolved and completely ripped nace by new institution that it from the ground law traffic in its purpose and this you have to destroy it to stem the graces and fascism in germany security apparatus. kaleb out with updates for you leaving stories at the top of the theater.

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