top stories this hour intense fighting between 2 long time foes armenia and azerbaijan enters its 12th day with many civilians now having to flee their homes because of the carnage. so as beat the rebels are typically start a petition you're breaking along with us whereas you know. people here most intimate the idea. has been almost 30 years i still see the image of my land in front of my eyes. germany reintroduces antivirus measures in the lead in his debut corona cases in the country hit their highest level since the spring and the us vice presidential candidates come out of harris and mike pence have faced off in their 1st and only debate this election there are also some high flying moments to

look at so you will break it down for you later this. hour good afternoon you're watching r.t. international issues gone 3 o'clock here in moscow now it is day 12 of the conflict between his bashar and armenia over the disputed enclave of nagorno-karabakh and he has still it is beginning to have a devastating impact on civilians both sides have released their latest combat footage which you're seeing right now but it's not only soldiers on the frontlines who are losing their lives there are also many civilians being killed too according to the region's officials half the population living in the go in a car the back have had to flee the region since military operations began over a week ago our correspondent dan of visited one town on the border which is hosting armenian refugees. feel

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 have. turkish would have. jury 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 stop on occurred 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 we will show you. how glad they are for the. horse feel like she was lucia. coletti. does all this most is out of my will just. mushrooming him or what but i am put. in british. fish form sport the mere thought of a new fresh ripple scores of us say that they bombed us in summer a few jews who come to the coordination center bear wounds from the bombing is this man hasn't had any food for 3 days most people here have nowhere. 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 gora's it's mostly those who don't plan on staying away from home for too long where chuckle. when you might put your eyes with the rebels up a petition there's a petition you're going to love with most where's. your most intimate. group it's. mary and can't hold back the tears so we have to stop the interview glories hotels are packed with refugees locals are doing the best they can to lift at least some of the misery from their shoulders. we provide rooms and 3 meals a day for free and also why 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 war torn region some still have family and friends who refuse to leave nagorno-karabakh and everyone is desperate to be reunited of reporting from army news bored with nagorno-karabakh r.t. . of the fighting is known limited to the region in dispute several times in this controlled territory have been hit cording to the government is serious thora these claim that civilian settlements in several regions of the country were shelled on tuesday some people have even been forced into basements over the last few days now as history repeats itself we spoke to some is very refugees who had to flee their homes in the going to cut back almost 30 years ago when the conflict 1st broke out . i am originally from and 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 agree 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 i see 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 1903 back and we had quite a good lead in conditions but lost that in our days i faced challenges leaving here 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 am waiting to see our lengthy often quite

unexpected no houses to be revealed and thus resettled when returning that is what i am waiting for from this process and care about nothing more just our ag. i am grateful to all presidents i wish old soldier strives to liberate our lands well longing for this perspective yes i was there are just provide just as banksias aid but i'm still in his dormitory all men in my family assassin grandsons 7 army my only desire is to go to the villages of my call my job. should. nothing you say today germany's rolling out new anti virus measures in berlin the country was doing better than most of europe but after seeing one of its biggest daily spikes in cases since the spring is now being forced to bring in new restrictions in the capital peter all of his more. strict coronavirus measures are coming back to berlin from the south today until at least the end of the month old

bonds restaurants local shops or any other business that would be open late at night will have to shut the doors at 11 pm until 6 in the morning code 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 surprising with a lack of rules it's more a question of where certain rules are enforced and i think there is room for improvement in our beautiful capital city the chancellor has warned 'd that with winter on the way things may be about to get tough young if you land. in some other corner we learned a lot and did well throughout the summer but we know that more difficult 'd 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. i was of a 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 lockdown 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 $27.00 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 but 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 stay. that spirit will cost them their jobs. with. the job 7 i was. while in braces for what may well be a winter wave of covert germany as a whole remains one of only 4 european nations knocked described by the european

center for disease prevention called a troll as being at a crucial rate of infection for now at least peter all of a party girl it. but it's covert flares up so do tempers fists missing flying on a commercial flight in the united states after a passenger refused to wear a mask. the fight started between a flight attendant and a passenger who was wearing only a face shield they've been increasingly welcomed on board in addition to mass but not instead of them and another passenger became involved in the dispute loudly criticizing the masculist man and a scuffle broke out security got involved and had to remove the young co-operative passenger from the playing partners looks at how measures that were once welcomed are now causing anger as countries continue to fight the pandemic. 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 and for 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 problem. not.

that i think. you got me while government struggled to contain the virus new hardships have inflamed old tensions in this instance 2 passengers on the u.k. bus and physically abuse and apparently asian teenage girl for not covering her face . on. the mosque has become a synonymous with the pandemic both as a symbol of protection and also restriction science supports using them 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 indeed 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 a project that governments fail to effectively lead societies against an invisible enemy which threatens to divide as well as conquer hate partridge's r.t.

. the come this hour we look back at last night's u.s. vice presidential debate between come out of harris and mike pence and also a surprise guest who stole the show. join me every 1st week on the alex i'm i'm sure and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then.

welcome back not the 1st and only vice presidential debate between camilla harris and mike pence is over and followed the chaotic clash between joe biden and donald trump last month to get in on the outside with the 15th alone not face to face as

the next debate will be removed so how did last night go we don't quarter went through the highlights with kevin. 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 actions of the current administration 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 clearly it hasn't worked 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 on not taking the fact that you continue to undermine public confidence in a vaccine if the vaccine emerges during the trump administration i think is is unconscionable both presidential contenders for the getting on in years the worry is what if something happens to them has to be some continuity in that one of the top jobs in the world the top job in the world isn't it and so

a lot of focus on the vice presidents and how they might cope if they had to step into the big oops yeah absolutely kevin in fact 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 corona virus vaccine and then the question was posed to kemal heiress and she started talking about how proud her mom was of her so we didn't really get a clear answer on that sort of policy that wasn't made clear you know the rhetoric wasn't as heated as it was before but still not totally clear where these 2 were both but there was a gay crush to believe yeah absolutely 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 one fly on mike pence was. surprise guests buzzing in straight after the debate we did have special coverage on r.t. america and discuss the outcome with our own 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 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 with 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. those categories might be important was there a winner who won this debate in pinning one. well i don't know if there is a winner or not 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 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 in 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 kemal harris on her terrible record of locking up nonviolent drug users we didn't have anybody challenging pants on trump's expensive and wasteful foreign policy that simply wasn't there. nothing more on the american reality in the run up

to the 2020 let's watch the documentary divided america the paperless vote in these being at various times here an ati international today. what is wrong with. this american citizen and i hate to be blunt about this by half an hour and we have a bombastic wind and a bumbling fool yeah i don't want you. to get a 2nd wife and i did worse because. dollar croaks loser what the president and i voted for and. i feel like it's your party system is incredibly detrimental to the health of our democracy. freedom of all american summer attack regardless of race religion or creed illegal we're we're at an impossible point people are so divided in their camps that they are more willing to

believe insanity about say tannic reptilian pedophiles with a moon base and then they are true i try to compromise when they try to listen to their opponents and while i understand where other people are coming from. i. call. the news in brief and in western russia huge explosion has rocked a military storage facility following the blast yesterday flames spread to military warehouses and caused a mission to blow up. some shells is still going off but less often and when the 5 . firefighters and special equipment remain on the scene trying to get things under control at least 10 people are reported to be injured more than 2000 people have been evacuated from villages within 5 kilometers of the. crowds arrived in force in

indonesia's capital at the moment venting their anger at a new goal they say will harm labor rights the government says they will increase investment in the country police reportedly fired tear gas with the protesters hurling objects to similar. actions have taken place in many cities over the last 3 days and toppled trees and flooding in the popular mexican tourist destination of can kill you after hurricane delta made landfall in southeastern mexico the maximum winds have reportedly hit nearly 180 kilometers per hour there have been no reports of death reinjury so far the storm is expected to regain strength and has made a turn towards the u.s. coast and finally a close call for a surf in a stray or a shark was caught on camera here circling a man paddling his board near the coast a deadly encounter seems to be unavoidable but at the very last moment the predator abruptly thankfully turns away witnesses did say later that the animal could have been scared off by the overhead drone for trolling the waters for sharks.

a lucky escape just coming up to half past 3 here in moscow thanks for watching we're back with the headlines and more stories at the top of the. during call did we hear about the u.s. we hear about china we hear about brazil you know what we don't really hear much about japan and yet japan i think in the grand scheme of things is you know or data point in the intersection between the end of the end of the u.s. dollar as the world reserve currency and us up higher because japan is has banned and shall remain the cheapest source of funds in the world.

a dark industry comes to life in los angeles every night. dozens of women sells their bodies on the streets many of them underage. los angeles police reveal a taste of their daily challenge if you're going to exploit for a child here in los angeles they were going to come as you see officers going undercover as 6 workers and customers to fight 6 trades. welcome to the alex salmond's who are we examine the political impact of the latest a standing developments in the presidential campaign and us political wisdom the

october surprise is an unexpected 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 dealings of the covert 1000 pandemic just one week ago became a victim himself and has dramatically helicoptered from the white house to walter reed national military medical center in bethesda made alive and since then we have had regular and often confusing medical briefings and video messages from the illing and then recovered president including a bizarre car cavalcade to get well wishes by monday night here once to all tritter 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 call for 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 off 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 white men from case western university cleveland i'm from the nation's capital of washington d.c. the fessor can you should grant him but 1st to alex with your tweets emails and messages in response to last. now lots of comments said on last week's show which featured peter oborne professor of something muffy commenting on the problems the political problems of bloggers johnson the prime minister it many says excellent program but listening to the predictions of these 2 excellent gas from events over

the next year is one measurable prospect and john says 1st time i've watched the program welcome aboard john i enjoyed it peter oborne and richard murphy were both excellent and alan says sue not referring to the chance of the exchequer his poster boy status is on borrowed time fil a says scotland wales will definitely want independence from england before long mata mcphee says professor muffy predicted 5000000 unemployed while i mean worth a gem wallace says if that whoever does happen in my lifetime to fell into an independence vote i will go back to scotland vote no and then go back to england i paid many thousands of scottish taxes in my lifetime so i have every right to vote . in the.