a week of hostilities between armenia and azerbaijan brings devastation to go on about region and beyond reports from the front line. 2 massive explosions in the very center of the city 250 millimeter caliber so it is a massive rocket. russia and france a syrian militants of pouring into that conflict zone as yet of on a bike you trade accusations of the foreign mercenaries. among your callers lies everybody knows he's a liar and there's nothing smart about you joe what you should. know your number 2 . the 1st presidential debates before the u.s.

election descended into name calling interruptions the 2nd ballot whether it's now in doubt for donald trump in trying to coronavirus. morning to you thanks for joining us here for the weekly on r.t. . there has been a week of deadly hostilities between armenia and azerbaijan in the disputed no go back region strikes have destroyed multiple buildings with conflicting reports on casualties late on saturday 2 explosions were heard in the disputed regions capital . on friday a field hospital there was hit in a bombing raid several residential buildings were also badly damaged an early the emergency ministry building was destroyed casualties have been reported. so this

week us 30 spilled beyond the confines of the disputed territory going to bordering as a very town was bombed on planes over 2000 shells were dropped in that raid back you also says that since the start of fighting 19 is very civilians have been killed in the conflict zone with 63 people injured there are. conflict reignited last sunday but it has roots that stretch back over 3 decades it is one of several border disputes still unresolved since the collapse of the soviet union in place populated mainly by armenians broke away from us by john in 1988 but the area's not been widely recognized as a sovereign state. on

monday we simply have only one condition that armenia leaves our lands completely and immediately this is file it if the armenian government complies with this the fighting will stop there will be no bloodshed there will be peace peace will come to a region where. i believe the armenian army can secure country and the self-defense forces of the golden corral box are successfully protecting their region from a political standpoint i believe it's very important for us that international partners know how and who started this military action. a lot has been on the ground in the complex zone with his report on friday shelling of the car about capital is it good stuff. 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 what 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 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 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 azerbaijanis are using these so-called double tap so that they not only they destroy the building but also the 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 a the military here is telling me 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 these are not laws but that this one is also israeli made. journalists in the going to care about also getting caught in the crossfire or were injured in a shell strike on wednesday including 2 french reporters they were lifted to the head of and for treatment and have now been repatriated on thursday a cameraman from an armenian t.v. channel was severely injured during shelling from the azerbaijani side these are pictures of his car. the conflict is creating why did your political tensions

france and russia have accused turkey of funneling jihadi militants from syria into the combat zone i mean it also alleges ankara along with back to sign to continue the genocide of the early 20th century as much on notice it syrup on the seas in foreign mercenaries and also rejects the idea of any kind of direct military support for turkey on the senior correspondent run because the of his 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 this in this conflict and they are saying that they've come by the same intelligence as russia had that there are indeed syrian geologists mercenary fighters being transported and utilized by is it about jobs in

the fight against armenia. today we have information with certainty that indicates that militants from the how does groups who were the field of combat and syria to rejoin the field of combat and care about it too has this information regarding the transfer him recently fighters from the middle east to the going to car parking area the information exists and it was presented in social networks and relevant publications previously turkey and said about 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 our ng mercenaries under 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 and then transferred nearly 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. just just to show alkon so 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 unacceptable. turkey's position and to a lesser degree that of john is that there have 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 and they say this is not the time for peace this is a time 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 karabakh the problem will persist another allegation being thrown at us by john by our mean is that back you is using cluster munitions your van has published photos to back up the claim and surprise on this not responded to the allegation. both sides of a contradictory claims about casualties and damage inflicted releasing a string of videos to bank the money and he looks at our disinform ation has become one of the key weapons in the conflict. 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 want to 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 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 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 tuns 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 as a bridge on his side 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 which had 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. as all members of the media in armenia and azerbaijan to not take part in the ongoing information war journalists should avoid when it peel a sion 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 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. donald trump assured a video on twitter saying the real target is still ahead after he was moved to

a military hospital after becoming infected with the coronavirus situation has cast doubt on his 2020 presidential campaign and this 2nd round debate with rival joe biden the 1st clash was a chaotic of fur marred by interruptions and insults my colleagues turn your hawk into dom quarter discussed how it went. listen respectfully to each other's opinions i'm not here to call out his lies everybody knows he's a liar never use the word smart with me ever use that word give me because you know what there's nothing smart about you joe what do you she was an excuse the one who saw your number to know he's putin's puppy i get my time back fewer interruptions i'm appealing to you sir to do that and him too well frankly you've been doing more interrupting that sort of but he does plenty well less than he's just shush for a minute but why do you do it over again in the last 25 years i because i'm going to do it because you are president things up you're a senator and the worst were resumes america is ever. going. to get any

word with this clown directly then you know now that we're done we're 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. but i had it close to greatest economy in the history of our country we handed him a booming economy he blew it was it a loon. he races you see the crime bill 1904 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. do all that we need to do to make you groan to restore doing we need to restore the integrity of the presidency of the office of presidency and you mention 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 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 right it went left there was a lot going on there's 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 every day voters are really kind of taking a sort of i'd rather laugh than cry approach.

we have from a republican state senator john loudon an international affairs expert sophia mclendon for the thoughts on the 1st debate. there's little doubt that trump lost his composure or he was repeatedly interrupting and. seemed overly emotional and somewhat hysterical i was disappointed to see it in decide to sort out stoop to that kind of behavior he tends to be very dismissive been to bully and in fact name call it's certainly not presidential it's not the kind of behavior that you really want to see in a candidate match or anybody watching had their minds changed except that i do 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 would 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 and the f.b.i. film on the dangers of chinese intelligence recruitment has been branded cold war style propaganda details after the break. is your media a reflection of reality. in

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welcome back alexei navalny is dying to say after he was accused of working for the cia the kremlin spokes person made that striking climb after the russian corruption blogger had 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 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 but the real royals at that level are quite different people you know it's only made his allegation in germany spiegel magazine it was his 1st interview since coming out of a coma coming just over a week after he'd been discharged from the burden hospital they've been treating him for a nerve agent poisoning he thanked germany and england michael for the help he received and slammed the russian medics who 1st looked up to him saying that they are worse than intelligence officers who kill people something that's left the doctors stunned. meanwhile the international community is pressing on moscow to dig deeper into what happened russia though says it only launched a criminal case if germany shares its evidence that lynch refused to grant consular access to the valley as well as to provide his test results and the director bosco 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

germans. but look their excuses are completely contrived 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 w several times they say talk to berlin with we're ready to talk to anyone we want not when the absence of facts or we're pressured into giving an account of ourselves but on the basis of specific clearly formulated concerns with what we are always ready to have a professional conversation go might allow us the west to say if they want to if they believe china is actually hiding something here which it may be it may not be as well and of course they it's open to the west and many of those whose course will work for the a.b.c. to be sponsored and supported by western governments we saw that very much during the syria series of reports of the a p c w and produced that work for any i think neutral objective investigative work questionable at best shall we say but moving on to the news out of the chaos 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 can't stand as an organization has absolutely come to a preordained conclusion. the f.b.i. has released a short film demonstrating the dangers of chinese intelligence recruitment but the propaganda style video reminded many of the methods used by the us and u.s.s.r. during the cold war killing more but expects. 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 and the f.b.i. says that this video 2 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 neutralize 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. play

russia had occupied many new territories bringing additional millions of people under communist control. for example only makes. bridge american river road worker makes $10.00 a day more times more the used to say the chinese can't strike back they've got hollywood scenes of their own the. really awful what happens when i'm not worth. the amount of police on the line to do a little truth will come on and just listen to yourself neither the usa nor china has actually declared a new cold war but everyone is buzzing about it and the issue of our cold war as the foreign minister suggested it's not just our writings saying that is this

a new cold war we've heard for example u.k. officials are china and 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 we must do every scene for the new cold war. we are moving in a very dangerous direction. own homes cannot afford the future lead to too much as the economy split the globe in a great fraction each with its own treatments financial rules and the internet and not official 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 that a u.s. china cold war is already a promise. if we if we follow reports of majority opinions among business leaders and policy makers 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 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. ok thanks for joining us here and have a good sunday morning i'll be back with updates in office now.

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