the headlines this hour is fighting intensifies between armenia and azerbaijan locals of course in the crossfire and forced to flee for their lives. so as beat the rebirth of 3 stars a petition your britain followed with us where as you know. by simple you have a few more words. it has been almost 30 years i still see the image of my land in front of my eyes. also to come germany reintroduces antivirus measures in his daily corona cases in the country at their highest level since the spring and the us vice presidential candidate mike pence have faced off in their 1st and only debate this election and also some high flying moments to break it down for you later this hour

. now it's day 12 of the conflict between his bush and armenia over the disputed enclave of nagorno-karabakh the hostilities are beginning to have a devastating impact on civilians both sides have released their latest combat forces which you're seeing right now but it's not only the soldiers on the frontline who are losing their lives the rule so many civilians being killed too according to the region's officials half the population living in a corner cutting 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. the latest escalation in the wool over nagorno-karabakh has now stretched far beyond

the front lines meet 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 i've had. jury of 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 stefana cat here for you we're all for you. but are they afraid of that. horse to let you know lucia. coletti. does all this most is out of my will just. mushrooming him or what but i am put. in british. fish form support the killer method of the new press we perform up i 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 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 glorious is mostly those who don't plan on staying away from home for too long where chapel. for them. so rose with the with the police there's a condition which followed with most was. their most intimate. truth. mary had can't hold back the tears so we have to stop the interview gray's 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 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 the other hotels waiting patiently 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 and we don't have reporting from army news board with nagorno-karabakh see the fighting isn't only limited to the region in dispute several times in this visually controlled territory have been hit according to the government very authorities 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 well this history seems to repeat itself we did speak to some is the refugees who had to flee their homes in the corner cutting 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 grew to sacrifice myself for my land in 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 come here i personally cried at that time my parents were no longer alive and there were 6 of us brothers and sisters. this is how we are right here in 1903 back in nag them we had quite a good lead in conditions but lost that in the days i faced challenges leaving here have debts look at my leave and conditions my heart is breaking when i see what is going on at the front lines but i am waiting to see our land the occupied and expecting 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 ag.

i am grateful to our president i wish our soldiers strives to liberate our lands well longing for this perspective yes i was the largest provider to ban sions aid but i'm still in his dormitory all men in my family sons and grandsons 7 army my only desire is to go to the villages of my car my job. should. i pull in has become the latest major european city to see a return of some measures that after recorded one of its biggest daily spikes in coburg cases since the pandemic began peter all of our reports strict coronavirus measures are coming back to berlin from this saturday until at least the end of the mall thaw bars restaurants local shops already open a business that will be open late at night will have to shop but doors at 11 pm

until 6 in the morning. covert 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 and needed because people and not taking the virus seriously. it isn't surprising 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 the chancellor has warned 'd that with winter on the way things may be about to get tough young fuel around. him some other form 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. 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 both where restrictions of course 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. that spirit will cost them their jobs and. with. our jobs 7 i was. while braces for what may well be a wind wave of cove it germany as a whole remains one of only 4 european nations knocked 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 party girl it. well after months of living in the shadow of the virus it's a scene that tempers are increasingly becoming frayed over the restrictions the fights broke out in fact between passengers on a plane in the u.s. over pay pay. the incident had started as an argument between a flight attendant and a passenger who was only wearing a face shield while they can be worn on board in addition to mask the not allowed to be worn in place of them when the incident spiraled out of control security were called and the passenger was removed from the plane ok patrick has been looking at how measures to keep people safe during the health crisis and now causing frustration. launch there were positive reports of how people around the world were dealing with the coronavirus lockdown the italians were singing.

the spanish were dancing. 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 for surging infection rates have driven some tempers to boiling point and the focus for this is often those who die where mosques. the offices of 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 to passengers on

the u.k. bus berkeley and physically abuse and apparently asian teenage girl for not covering her face. on. her ears. 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 she is festive season could yet prove to be a conduct if governments fail to effectively lead societies against an invisible enemy which threatens to divide as well as kancha cape outreach r.t. london. still ahead for you this hour we're back at last night she left vice presidential debate between come out of harris and mike pence and also a surprise guest who ended up stealing the show.

when i was sure seemed wrong why don't we all just don't call. any world yet to shape out does this become educated and it gains from it equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. there's a threshold at which. big tobacco realized what they were doing in there they continued to do it big continued to put more and more things into cigarettes that needed them more addictive and made me want to smoke more of them in the point i'm trying to make is that social media in particular the artificially intelligent

algorithms are doing the same thing. with r.t. now the fate of the next presidential debate hangs in the balance trump is refusing to take part after it was announced his bout with biden would be held remotely after the president called code last week and spent 4 days in hospital while the debate had been due to take place in miami on october the 15th trump explained his decision in an interview. you're saying you're not going to participate you know i'm not going to waste great i'm going to virtual debate that's not what the buildings are all about you sit behind a computer and do

a debate it's ridiculous and then they cut you off whenever they want. while there may not be a 2nd presidential debate the 1st and only vice presidential encounter was held last night harris and mike pence sparred in the ring for 90 minutes one quarter look 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 both candidates even seemed 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 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 it 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 with these who 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 of people on social media are saying that a 3rd party was the fly on my pencil. well i see america has special coverage right after the debate where

a band swung discuss the outcome with political analysts. 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 a 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 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 as well and 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 is 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

or have these 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 into the into those those categories might be important was there a winner who won this debate. 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 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 have to be maybe. only because it's his way to do that the big point. here is was her talking point she 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 well for more on the reality facing the u.s. in the run up to the poll to watch our new documentary divided america the people's faith we are showing it through the day here on out. what is wrong with i as an american citizen and i hate to be pointed out by our own we have a bombastic wind and a bumbling fool yeah i. want. to get. the wife to write the worst because the dollar croaks loser what the president and i voted for and. i feel like it is you court system is incredibly detrimental to the health of our democracy. freedom of all american

summer regardless of race religion or creed illegal we're we're at an impossible point people are so divided in their camps that they're more willing to believe in something that about say panicked reptilian pedophiles with a moon base. and then they are true i try to compromise when they try to listen to their opponents and i understand where other people are coming from. i think. some news in brief now and in russia artillery shells are still exploding nearly 24 hours after a huge blast at the military storage facility close to moscow a huge fire fight helper a fire fighting operation is still ongoing at the site following the blast flames spread to where it was is causing ammunition to explode and at least 13 people have

been injured more than 2000 being evacuated from villages within 5 kilometers off the debt. in greece thousands of anti fascist demonstrators have gathered outside the supreme court on wednesday that softer the court ruled the right wing golden dawn party was operating as a criminal organization some of its members have been convicted of murder as well as attempted murders they are expected to be sentenced later today. and crowds arrives in force in the capital venting their anger at a new law they say will harm labor rights the government says it will increase investment in the country police reportedly fired tear gas with the protesters holding objects in the turn similar demonstrations have taken place in many cities over the last 3 days. and some dramatic just so you have toppled trees and flooding in the popular contorts destination of cancun after hurricane delta made landfall in southeastern mexico the maximum winds are reported in with hit nearly 180

kilometers per hour there have been no reports of deaths or injuries save the storm is expected to regain strength and has made it towards the u.s. colors. so that's how the news is looking so far today brings you up to date don't forget always plenty of stories to read to you at our website. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race off and spearing dramatic to follow only slowly i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk.

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montecito and washington coming up u.s. federal reserve minutes were just released with a bit of good news for an economic recovery but it could all be gone without the help of congress and the white house democrats unveiled any early 450 page anti-trust report targeting big tech what is possible changes to federal antitrust rules changes we haven't seen in decades we have a lot to get to celeste just started. we begin with newly relist released minutes from the federal reserve which continue to emphasize the need for stimulus then a deal in congress the minutes which date back to the meeting on september 15th and 16th they say the u.s. economy is actually improving faster than expected but a lack of fiscal relief could actually put the recovery in jeopardy well this seems to fall right in line with what federal chairman jerome powell comments what he said on tuesday saying there is little risk of overdoing it when it comes to helping the economy the risks overdoing it seem for now to be smaller even if

policy actions ultimately prove to be greater than needed it will not go to waste the recovery will be stronger and move faster if monetary policy and fiscal policy continue to work side by side to provide support to the economy until it is clearly out of the woods. for more on this we're joined by boom bust co-host chrystia and former fed insider danielle de martino booth danielle fed minutes are in focus today and are specifically investors are going to be focused on inflation averaging an extended rate guidance this is these are the last minutes before the election that's just weeks away give us some color on that and how is the market digesting this latest update. well as i think the market is interpreted in today's minutes as saying the fed is standing ready to.