just some of the questions. in the headlines this morning the full on fighting between 2 long time foes armenia and azerbaijan enters its 12th day many of had to flee their homes because of the carnage. so as beat to rethink their position as a physician you would follow with most ways you know. by simple your most intimate . i am originally from and down lost our house and became homeless so we arrived here i'm not complaining it could have been even worse. to the staff our germany reintroduces antivirus curbs in berlin as daily cases of the virus flare in the country the return restrictions are sparking a mixed reaction to. the u.s.

vice presidential candidates come to harris and mike pence faced off wednesday night for their 1st and only debate this election and there were some high flying exchanges to p.c. we'll break it all down for you in the studio a bit later this hour. no one here now very good morning live from martin international's world news center of moscow this 8th of october kevin 0 in service for the next hour with the latest update from mistakes for time by the way so 1st it's day 12 of the conflict between . mania over the disputed enclave of nagorno-karabakh most of these are still continuing between the 2 photos however it's not only the soldiers on the frontline who are losing their lives there are also many civilians being killed too according to the region's officials half the population living in a golden color box and had to flee the region when military operations began over

a week ago correspondent he goes down off visited one town on the border which is hosting armenian refugees. the latest escalation in the war over nagorno-karabakh has now stretched far beyond the front lines neat sleepy villages then towns on the home front some populated only by cattle shepherds and farmers have been battered by artillery fire and drone strikes. of heavy. thanks. jury in the week that we roamed around nagorno-karabakh we witnessed an exodus of children women and the elderly the flow of refugees was growing exponentially by the day we're in the town of course it's in armenia but only about 20 minutes away

or so from the border with the disputed region in fact it's the closest town to nagorno-karabakh and the 1st refuge for those who decided to flee the bombs mariette move to step on a kurd to the capital of nagorno karabakh more than 30 years ago she remembers the horrors of every war of every escalation since the late eighty's this latest one has forced her her daughters grandchildren and even great grandchildren to flee step on a cat here for you we're all for you. but are they afraid of. course feel like she was lucia. that it. does almost most is out of my will just. mushrooming him or what but i am puts. in. the sure. he should have don't think you have won the miss you more well if you were this.

person more symbols lightsome along the way more probable some or a few jews who come to the coordination center bear wounds from the. this man hasn't had any food for 3 days most people here have no where to go so buses take them to the capital you have on their complete strangers will invite them in their homes in a gesture of unity within the nation here in greece it's mostly those who don't plan on staying away from home for too long where chapel just. when you're miles was so as with the rebels or the police there's a petition you're with the love with most where's. your most intimate. group it's. mariette can't hold back the tears so we have to stop the interview glory's hotels are packed with refugees locals are doing the best they can to lift at least some of the misery from their shoulders that we provide rooms and 3 meals

a day for free and also invite doctors to provide medical care now we have more than 200 refugees in the hotel and as far as i know there is no room in other hotels waiting impatiently to go back refugees here are glued to the t.v. in the canteen watching the latest news from the water one region some still have family and friends who refuse to leave nagorno-karabakh and everyone is desperate to be reunited i'm done of reporting from our main u.s. border with nagorno-karabakh r.t. . that there is not the only place where fighting is happening several towns now supposedly controlled territory have been hit according to the government this area thora he said tuesday that civilian settlements in several regions of the country have been shelled some people have even before into basement shelters with what you've already seen from a go there as history repeats itself we spoke to some azeri refugees who had to

flee their homes in the go in a car back almost 30 years ago when the conflict 1st broke out. again i am originally from and down the. lost our house and became homeless so we arrived here i'm not complaining it could have been even worse somehow we managed to make a living no matter what happens it is always better to have your own land if there is a necessity i agree to go to from my by myself i grew to sacrifice myself for my land the heart of the state vice president all of them help it is better to return to your homeland it has been almost 30 years i still see the image of my land in front of my eyes as to my house grieves over our beloved martyrs it was suffering to call me here i personally cried at that time my parents were no longer alive and there were 6 of us brothers and sisters. so we are right here in length 193 back in adam we had quite

a good weekend conditions but lost that in the days i faced challenges leaving here i have debts to look at more lead and conditions my heart is breaking when i see what is going on at the front lines but i waiting to see our land the occupied i look back to our houses to be rebuilt and thus resettled when returning that is what i am waiting for from this process and care about nothing more just our attitude. i am grateful to all presidents i wish i was still just drags to liberate our lands will larning for these for 30 years i was there it is provide us with spanish and aid but i'm still in this dormitory only man in my family sons and grandsons and my only desire is to go to the villages of my culture john. germany is rolling out new anti virus measures in berlin the country was doing better than anywhere else in europe for

a while but it sets a record haul into any cases since the spring not everyone's happy with the new restrictions or cheese peter all of them picks up the story. strict coronavirus measures are coming back to berlin from the south today until at least the end of the month old restaurants local shops or any other business that would be open late at night will have to shut their doors at 11 pm until 6 in the morning coated cases are rising in germany at the fastest pace since made april as europe struggles with a new wave of infection the health minister says the new rules a needed because people and not taking the virus seriously. it isn't a programme with a lack of rules it is more a question of where certain rules are enforced and i think there is room for improvement in our beautiful capital city beautiful to be sure but what of germans make of the new measures. we want but to stop and that we in germany have this

freedom democratic basic order again which was always formed the basis for our society thinking everybody said it was the best choice. definitely they're doing the right thing i'm sure my nancy in my opinion this is a disproportionate reaction that we encounter every day in our basic rights such as the protective measures are more important because otherwise the economy cannot function the chancellor has warned that with winter on the way things may be about to get tough young figured out. of him so much we learned a lot and did well throughout the summer but we know that more difficult times are ahead of us namely in the autumn and winter months and we see a gradual increase especially in densely populated areas we have a number this rise in the numbers of infections this is of course a reason to be concerned but we also know how to position ourselves towards it with

certain measures but there is a small but dedicated group of germans that don't agree with the chancellor and have been out on the streets to vent their upset that corona restrictions. was. parts of germany a keeping a close eye on the infection rate in berlin and on keen on visitors from the capital spreading the virus to them i fear that berlin is on the edge of losing control we definitely don't want to have a situation like in madrid we don't want a situation like in paris where there has to be a complete log. where public life has to be reset to 0 elsewhere in europe brussels has announced bars and restaurants will close as the belgian capital is riddled with corona 27 people tested in brussels returns a positive result the virus is everywhere in the region there is not

a single municipality in brussels which is below the national average where restrictions put in place there's also pushback from some sections of society from conspiracy theorists who think the virus is a hoax to those terrified that the measures to stop it spread it will cost them their jobs. thank. god. while berlin braces for what may well be a wind wave of cove it germany as a whole remains one of only 4 european nations rocked described by the european center for disease prevention and control as being at a crucial rate of infection for now at least peter all of a r.t.

bill it well i was i was going to happen as cove flares up so did tempers fists flying than over a passenger who refused to wear a mask on a commercial flight. on a plane to utah or in the united states. ok well the fight started between a flight attendant and a passenger wearing only a face shield neighbors increasingly welcome on board in addition to mass but crucially not in place of them another passenger became involved in the dispute when you can see the end result there loudly chastising the marsalis man then the security guard involved and at a remove the young corporative passenger no flying for them ok poachers look for the problems that can be caused by a simple protective cover or not. in march there were positive reports of how people around the world were dealing with the coronavirus slowdown the italians

were singing. the spanish were john saying. he. and the british were giving weekly rounds of applause to the national health service. fost forward 7 months and the world seems to be going stir crazy frustrations at the ongoing restrictions economic uncertainty andras surging infection rates have driven some tempers to boiling point and the focus for this is off to those who don't wear mosques. the fall season which i don't think is. the target. but. i think. you've got

a while government struggled to contain the virus new hardships have inflamed old tensions in this instance 2 passengers on the u.k. bus on physically abuse and apparently asian teenage girl for not covering her face . on. the mosque has become the synonymous with the pandemic both as a symbol of protection and also restriction science supports using the research shows they cut down the chances of transmitting and catching coronavirus and could reduce the severity of any infections but for some not wearing mosque means freedom from state intervention that seen few countries. get the virus under control with more than a 1000000 dead worldwide protesters across the globe a saying what's the point and with almost

a year gone since the virus 1st hit the headlines and no end to the crisis in sight it's this symptom of pandemic fatigue which has led the world health organization to warn it's threatening the country's ability to defeat covert 19. in such circumstances it's easy and natural to feel apathetic and be motivated to experience fatigue we can see not surprisingly that fatigue among those surveyed is increasing it is now estimated to have reached over 60 percent in some cases winter is approaching with its associated colds and flu and the expense of christmas and other religious celebrations a time of joy but also stress this year's festive season could yet prove to be out of cake if governments fail to effectively lead societies against an invisible enemy which threatens to divide as well as conquer hate partridge's r.t. london. thanks take a time out if they do watch us smalling it's 950 moscow time this is the head that

big u.s. vice presidential debate between candidates come to harris a mike pence wrapped up than. another expected guest stole the show to more on how it all went guest aside when we come back.

join me every thursday on the alex salmond short and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics or business i'm show business i'll see you then. again this is our to international so overnight the 1st and only vice presidential debate between camelot harris and mike pence wrapped up on the heels of that chaotic clash before with joe biden and donald trump last month so i delved into it so what happened in a bit more detail with donald quarter earlier in the studio here. it was

a big change of pace from the presidential debates from last week which looked more like a political circus than anything but this time around there were less aggressive interruptions no doubt both candidates even seem like they were showing each other a little respect at times but when it came to what what exactly they were debating a lot of it amounted to just attacking or defending the actions of the current administration the american people have witnessed what is the greatest failure of any presidential administration in history of our country from the very 1st day president donald trump has put the health of america 1st whatever the vice president is claiming the administration has done it clearly it hasn't worked when i look at their plan that talks about dancing testing creating new p.p.b. developing a vaccine. it looks a little bit like plagiarism which is some joe budden knows a little bit about if the trump administration approves a vaccine before or after the election should americans take it and would you take

it if donald trump tells us i said to him that we should take it i'm not taking the fact that you continue to undermine public confidence in a vaccine if a vaccine emerges during the trump administration i think is is unconscionable and senator i just ask you. stuff playing politics with people's lives and no matter who wins this election biden or trump they will become the oldest person to be elected u.s. president in american history and so this debate that we saw was in a way between 2 potential future heads of state in the u.s. but when the moderator posed this question the possibility of a presidential disability depends he just moved in the direction to talk about the coronavirus vaccine and then the question was posed to come all arris and she started talking about how proud her mom was of her so we didn't really get a clear answer on that joe biden and i recognize that implicit bias does exist mr vice president contrary to what you may believe this presumption that you hear consistently from joe biden kamel harris that in america systemically

racist that is your bud and said that he believes that law enforcement has an implicit bias against minorities. is is a great insult to the men and women who serve in law enforcement i've got former career prosecutor i know what i'm talking about bad cops are bad for good cops we need reform of our policing in america and our criminal justice is a trust our justice system a grand jury that refused. to george floyd there's no excuse for what happened to george floyd justice will be served. but there's also no excuse for the rioting and looting the troller a lot of people were talking about who won this debate and neither candidate really gave us much to work with there weren't even as many insults as in the presidential debate as we saw also a lot in social a lot of people on social media are saying that a 3rd party won the fly on my pencil.

and then right after that last night special coverage of the debate now to america ben small discussed the outcome with their own all star political panel. there's a lot missing here in terms of substance i think there was a lot that was was lacking in this debate look at the political issue that was the centerpiece of the debates coronavirus the coronavirus is an important issue but it's not a legitimate political issue because not 2 sides to it there's not a pro coronavirus side in an anti krone virus side but there are legitimate political issues pro-choice pro-life views on gun control their views on drug legalization should america be the world's police anymore these are legitimate

political issues that are not being discussed because again we're letting the media is run the debates in a way that's just designed to be the most sensational and the most you know quote topical rather than the most politically relevant is a part of the problem of the format of the debate are they trying to cover too many issues would it be but it would be better served to have one or 2 things that they talk about the whole night and really go at those issues and quite candidly why do we even have vice president to have this debate in the 1st place they don't create policy we're all very interested in policy and the technical details you know but a lot of people that's not the way that they make their decisions about voting and most people are trying to vote on. what they you know what their friends and family like they're making decisions about ideas that they've heard about but they don't really know the details i mean we can't expect regular americans to be knowledgeable about all these different vast policy areas even the politicians themselves don't really know all of the details of these different policy areas i

don't think it's true that the american people are unable to understand the issues i think that the issues are intentionally obfuscated in a way to make sure that the average american cannot weigh in on them perhaps 3 different formats when you have maybe 3 or 4 broad categories that allow for the debaters to get into into the into those those categories by and be important was there a winner who won this debate. well i don't know if there was a winner or not and i tend to agree that you know a lot of these questions are really not areas of substantive discussion i think we really can't expect them to get into the details of any kind of particular policies and that they're really not trying to do that they're trying to have some talking points and so you know kind of depends on what you're looking for neither one of the candidates really inspired a lot of confidence if we had to choose a winner i would have to say that had to be maybe. only because.

his way to the point. was her talking point. was to make out who were trying to acquire those points i don't think that either debate changed any single voters' opinion whatsoever i think that the voters had already made up their mind before the debate i think tonight's debate did absolutely nothing and the reason for that again is that the poll opinions were kept out this was a rigged debate we didn't have a libertarian view wouldn't the green party view nobody was there challenge challenging kamali harris on her terrible record of locking up nonviolent drug users we didn't have anybody challenging pants on expensive and wasteful foreign policy that simply wasn't there. and the conversation went on for more american reality in the well of the 2020 us presidential election what should new document tray it's called divided america the people's vote premiers today say i'm kevin and i'm going to leave you that snippet and thank you for watching this update. what is

wrong with us as american citizens and i hate to be pointed out there spied. a file we have a bombastic wind bag and a bumbling fool you have my 2nd wife. she can handle it. and i divorce because. there's a lot of the president and i floated for her and she couldn't stand it. i would vote. who are the republicans who are trying i would do for anyone who is not evil and has half a brain yet. to get together all. this time. i feel like the 2 party system is incredibly detrimental to the house of our democracy and complete freedom of all americans under attack regardless of race religion or creed. i see.

anywhere where add an impossible point i've never i've been following politics as i was a child and now isn't saying like this has gotten to a point where people are so divided in their camps that they are more willing to believe insanity about say tannic reptilian pedophiles with a mood base than they are to like try to compromise when they try to listen to their opponents and white understand where other people are coming from. as the us economy was booming growing 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 that we're not financially equality and the lack of affordable housing or living minimum wage give many people new choice. that's been a problem with the city knows turn the temperature in the cold or stay way out a little bit. before that there is no answer. yes the records resource the most vulnerable are abandoned on the streets to become the invisible comes. to small class. american citizens need to blast off that spot. for an attack on the other. guy and. i would vote for a republican over trump i would vote for anyone who would not you think and ask how

to break defeat. to feel that. i am a 2nd wife. she can handle. she and i divorce because our trouble is what the president and i floated for her and she crashed and. we are now in the most important election. you know history list of the months to go before the next presidential election how is the atmosphere in the us now i. want to the highest priority problems how will they vote should they do next. i just some of the questions we put to the american.

welcome to alex salmond sure we examine the political impact all the latest a stunning developments in the presidential campaign and us political wisdom the oct surprise isn't. news event which dictates the outcome of the upcoming presidential election either changing its course or reinforcing the apparently inevitable this october present from a longtime skeptic of the valuing of the covert $1000.00 pandemic just one week ago all became a victim himself dramatically helicoptered from the white house to walter reed national military medical center in bethesda made a law and since then we have had regular and often confusing medical briefings with tweets and video messages from the illing and then recovered president including

a bizarre car cavalcade to greet well wishers by monday night he announced all twitter that he was effectively discharging himself from hospital and moving back to the white house feeling better than he has filled for 20 years as well as claiming the credit for a new cover treatment however beyond the entirely human reaction of wishing anyone afflicted well the question now is how will this october surprise impact on the presidential campaign will it have ended the president or might it just have helped him back in july we interviewed 2 top republican strategists on the trouble in the trunk campaign they warned us not to write the president or today we turn to the democrats how did they handle the new difficulties of campaigning against a president struck down by could we interview 2 top academic commentators professor 2 whites from case western university cleveland i'm from the nation's capital of washington.