soltis insets concluded that there is no answer because yes the records at least looks. vulnerable in the streets to. the invisible clubs. to find a girl has come on the probably the heaviest shelling since we arrived here the main city and they're going to karbala is counted by airstrikes as the conflict deepens between armenia and azerbaijan our correspondent reports from the area. russia and france say syrian military are pouring into that conflict zone in the south caucasus and the warning signs trade accusations or foreign mercenaries. also this hour the white house says president trump is suffering a mild symptoms after he and the 1st lady test positive for probate 19 but just a month to go before the u.s. election. and the e.u. slapped sanctions on 40 fellow russian officials over allegations of election

rigging with responding in time. to international coming to you live from the russian capital where it's just turned 16 welcome to the program. we start with the deadly standoff between armenia and azerbaijan in the south caucasus the main city in the disputed province of not going to karbala has been bombed from the air and locals have been hearing the regular sound of air raid sirens. several buildings have been damaged including the emergency ministry where the windows were shattered am holes blown through the walls i mean in defense ministry has blamed azerbaijan for the airstrikes and put its army units on all combat alert . has not confirmed or denied the bombing raids at this point. as

a writer on has also seen its share of damage a border region was hit by mortar fire and several buildings were destroyed their party's interest on a reports now from now on a car bomb. has come under probably the heaviest shelling since we arrived here 2 massive explosions in the very center of the city usually what we could hear at which we could see the smoke from the explosions which were on the outskirts in the suburbs this is the very city center and moreover this is the building of the ministry of emergencies so it has been obliterated i mean look at this everything is gone windows are gone the whole wall there's a hole in the whole wall and it's not just this building there's a whole complex it's a large it's a large complex and it's everywhere like this it's obliterated not raised to the ground but it's gone i don't see any way how it can be fixed all renovated we don't know what we don't know what exactly caused the explosion but we didn't hear any

sirens and sirens so probably wasn't a drone but some really heavy artillery and with a very long range as well but we have to go they are telling us it's not safe because sometimes as the as there by journeys are using these so-called double tap so that they not only they destroy the building but also they kill soldiers who arrived here we've arrived here with the soldiers as well so we have to go this is the crater that was made by one of the rockets and this is a piece from the military here is to. mean that this is a 250 caliber 250 millimeter caliber so it is a massive rocket they don't know exactly what it is they're telling me these are these are not laws but this one is also israeli made. for journalists who were injured in shelling attacks on wednesday 2 of them were french reporters they

underwent surgery and yerevan and have been flown back to france and 2 armenians more severely wounded on thursday a card carrying 4 other reporters including russians was hit by shell fire but no injuries have been reported the no. 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 azerbaijan in 1988 but has not been widely recognized as a sovereign state. in all turkey says it's ready to give military support to it. if they need it on the back who claims it hasn't asked for any help meanwhile the french president has accused turkey of funneling syrian militants into the conflict zone and a manual mccrone has told nato that turkey has already crossed a red line is our to see if with more. well aside from an increasingly violent and volatile situation on the ground things are heating up on the diplomatic

international stage and i would say at this point that they are boiling france now coming out with an increasingly hardline stance on what is happening in the region in these in this conflict and they're saying that they've come by the same intelligence as russia had that there are indeed syrian geologist's mercenary fides us 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 about 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 in the in the fight against armenia against catabolic but in recent

days that lied 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 4 families and militants have recently been deployed by turkey from syria to azerbaijan they are already fighting for azerbaijan they are trained in militant camps in 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 iraq 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 and you know just just to show alkon so they are france the united states and russia have come together in a in a comparatively rare feat edition a joint statement calling for peace though turkey for one doesn't quite believe that that can happen. the fact that america russia and france known as the minsk trio 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 unacceptable turkey's position and to a lesser degree that of john is that there has been years decades of talks and

they've led to nothing they've been completely fruitless the care about problem is still a problem the flare ups still happening and they say this is not the time for peace this is a thought 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 and unless the underlying issue is resolved and that is who controls care about the problem will persist. armenia has also accused azerbaijan of using cluster munitions and karbala and has published photos allegedly proving it as a pressure on has not yet responded to that allegation but both sides have released a string of videos to back up their claims of tactical victories but are making contradictory claims about the damage inflicted are to sofitel looks at how distant from ation has become one of the key weapons in the standoff. deception full of

military victories are as old as of 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 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 azerbaijan tried to discredit amin his claims of success yards 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 through

everything all possible weapons into battle and even fakes and false hoods 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 talkie in azerbaijan denounce this is law is and with no footage or i want to says it's one side's word against the others so what is 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 point john uses the same tactics to post about a successful strike bridge honest 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 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 fast to wash away all that is not gold then you will find your shining nugget well when it comes

to car that's still a lot of sifting through the muddy river of misinformation to be done before we even get close to the truth. president trump is suffering mild symptoms after testing positive for corona virus that's now been confirmed by the white house the us president and the 1st lady have both contracted the virus with just over one month to go before the u.s. presidential election earlier my colleague neil harvey discussed the developments with r.t. america's mel hughes. 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 physician confirming that both the president as well the 1st lady was 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 systematic as of now and only took the test because of a closeness that he had to hoe pics after she tested positive herself as she said asymptomatic the most are some implications so 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 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 of that of 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 timeframe however to the next debate which is supposed to happen on october 15th so it will depend on whether or not the president 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 thing 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 we put it on the one thing that cannot be pushed up however is the actual auction day which is november 3rd it has never happened in history a 3rd vote by congress to change the election date and congress has not gotten along very well on any issue i've been very highly doubtful that they would change it even on this. the french president is proposing

a new law to fight radical islam and so-called religious separatism emanuel mccraw made the announcement in a speech on friday r.t. charlotte devinsky has a story this has been a long awaited how the french government would seek to defend the country's secular values against radical islam president mark on friday has set out his stall. islam is a religion that is in crisis today all over the world we don't just see it in our country it is a deep crisis that is linked to tensions between fundamentalism specifically between religious and political projects that as we have seen lead to radicalism even in countries where islam is the majority religion well the draft glory's due to be presented in december and it will seek to strengthen the secularism here in france now present much corn talked about france liberating is

from foreign influences and some of the ways it intends to do this with this law will be for example more oversight in how mosques here or funded there will be strictest scrutiny of schools and associations that solely serve religious communities and when it comes to homeschooling which is quite popular amongst islamic communities here that will only be allowed for health reasons now immediately following that statement there was a theory of riyadh. on social media with many people crying speech the destruction of france has been written by the hands of the president of france crown houses them in crisis all over the world today do you realize as a leader of a nation the ramification of are your words especially on french citizens who follow islam mccann's latest comment on crisis and islam is nothing under than a shill to the crisis in europe of their identity and liberal is on the other hand

many people feel that this is needed to stop a slide away from france's secular values it has forced the country in the last few years with the terror attacks that france is seen to take stock of what its core republican values are and some of the things that have come out have been concerning to many french people for example a recent poll found that 3 quarters almost 3 quarters of the young muslims under the age of 25 thought that their values of islam were more important than the french republic and that really worried many people just in the last week we saw fresh terror attack here in paris and the man who carried out that attack did so because he was unhappy with the satirical magazine charlie ev don't we publishing controversial cartoons of the muslim prophet mohammed and the idea of islam and how that sits with those values of secularism in the french republic is

a thorny issue will this stir the debate or will it settle it well that's yet to be seen. the regional authorities in madrid have launched a legal challenge against the spanish government's new lockdown order they filed an appeal in the national court claiming that the murders of violate local laws on self are all and will cause unnecessary economic harm the madrid area has one of the highest corona virus infection rates in spain and the health minister insists the shutdown is unavoidable. what i can tell you is that 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. 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. 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 all bars and restaurants will have to close from 11 pm and parks and playgrounds will be off limits the measures have already led to mass protests over 2000 people gathered to denounce the last friday protesters pushed trash bins in the roads and chanted slogans demanding freedom we asked madrid residents what they think about the new lock down. you have to turn it into a political war they're playing with us and they should be aware that they have to see this is a pandemic not a political war i think there is a real threat and this could be improved a lot if the necessary measures are taken with more transport put on to avoid grounding. 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 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 at madrid closes again. the e.u. has imposed sanctions on dozens of bella russian officials over allegations of election rigging and the country's brutal crackdown on protesters man's quest quick to react issuing its own blacklist but the details here spitter all over from berlin. it was a long time coming but the european union have agreed sanctions on belorussian officials following orcus disputed election the reason for the delay was a standoff between cyprus and or pretty much the rest of the e.u. bloc cyprus wanted to see action taken against turkey over an kriz exploration for energy resources off its coast before it would agree to any form of sanctions against bella ruse that action against turkey that was agreed eventually and

therefore they were able to proceed with the better russian sanctions so dozens of senior officials 40 in total will be. facing sanctions this is to do with them they being accused of falsifying election results and a crackdown on protests following not election back in august now notably absent from this list is you gaze bell russian president alexander shank and his name not being there is raised a few eyebrows however underlying the e.u. commission president says these sanctions send the right message there will be no impunity for those who are responsible for the crackdown on demonstrators and opposition politicians sunni important is this a clue for the 3 since we are critical we repeat that we would like to to to consider the people of the has the rights to do to mean what's the only future

french president emanuel microamp back not putting sanctions on belarusian president alyaksandr lucas shank is saying that if they did that they could see him retreat into a bunker mentality and refuse any future talks angela merkel the german chancellor said the result came after a long night of discussions but called this a real step forward minsk for their part they aren't happy about this at all as you would imagine they say that no nation. on the planet would've agreed to the demands that were being made of it by the european union and that they'll be countering the sanctions with sanctions of they were saying sions have been imposed as a punitive measure for the belorussian failure to comply with a set of ultimatum requirements that not a single self respecting sovereign state would ever meet moscow which has a key role to play in the future of belarus to to the longstanding and close ties between the 2 countries has responded to the news of the sanctions to meet the

press goal of the kremlin spokes person less than impressed with the move made by brussels if these sanctions are a manifestation of weakness not of strength and could be included on the list that would have deprived the e.u. the chance to maintain dialogue including on topics of interest to both sides we have a very negative attitude toward sanctions in general the u.k. young canada both are out sanctions against belarus previously the u.k. issued a asset freeze against alexander lukashenko the reason for this delay from the european side is a touch embarrassing and highlights some splits within the union it requires unanimity to impose sanctions for the e.u. to impose sanctions on a nation basically the baltic states and in particular lithuania were demanding action immediately while cyprus said no no no hang on there we'll get to your problem once ours is sorted so belorussian officials 40 of them in total will have

sanctions placed upon them notably absent from that list though alexander lukashenko. do political analysts 1st says that any sanctions are likely to have a knock on effect on the population. so i think it's just a game of slightly stepping up the tone against bella who was against look i think coach and i see the difficulty that. usually when we have reached a stage of sanctions once it's like a one way road and we will never never get out of it so we can take years and that was sanctions 1st may harm or may seem to harm the political elite but in the air and we know from enough experience in this world iraq syria venezuela and cetera that it's the normal people it's most of all the poor people who are hit very very severely by those sanctions as soon as they got really tough as our roundup of the

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