but even putin called for an end to hostilities in the troubled nagorno-karabakh region as moscow says it will mediate talks between azerbaijan and armenia to help stop the fighting. meantime in the zone combat's intensifying between those neighboring nations with locals caught in the crossfire forced to flee for their lives. so as beat the returns at the finish there's a petition you've written for love with most ways you know. it has been almost 30 years i still see the image of milan in front of my eyes. also this hour questions of evidence moscow cast doubts over the water bottle said to prove kremlin critic alexina valmy was poisoned with the. return of restrictions

berlin becomes the latest major city to reintroduce measures to combat surging covert infections. and u.s. vice presidential hopefuls come to the harrison mike had slug it out in the only t.v. election debate but it was a high flying gate crasher who stole the headlights. there live for a moscow this is r.c. international just one of the morning on friday here in moscow with the stories that we're tracking for you this hour 1st the political developments and breaking news we got for you in the caucasus the russian president vladimir putin has called for an end to hostilities in the nagorno-karabakh conflict zone on humanitarian grounds that appeal was made during phone calls with the president of azerbaijan and the armenian. on thursday also to tell you moscow scheduled to hold mediation

talks with both country's foreign ministers they're due to arrive in the russian capital on friday our news teams will be across there for you to give you the context and coverage to help you make sense of what's going on in that troubled part of the world all the developments to tell you off then 3 russian journalists have been injured after a church was shelled in the corner karabakh as the conflict over the disputed territory rages on between azerbaijan and armenia the russian foreign ministry says one of the journalists is in a serious condition this video shows the aftermath of the shelling it's the 2nd time the church had been hit that day the armenian foreign ministry blames azeri forces for both attacks claiming they pose a challenge to the civilized world however as a by john denied the accusations stressing that its military doesn't target religious or cultural buildings. where the fighting intensified both sides have released their latest combat footage the conflicts also taking its toll of course on civilians caught in the middle of all this regional officials say hof of

nagorno-karabakh residents of now fled he goes down and visited one town on the border which has become a temporary home to ethnic 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 a. 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 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 are all for you. but are they afraid of. course feel like you guys who should. study. does all this most is out of my will just. mushrooming him or what but i am put. in british. fish form sport the killer myth of the new press we perform up to say that they bombed us in

summer a few jews who come to the coordination center bare wounds from the bombings this man hasn't had any food for 3 days most people here have nowhere to go. oh 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 it's mostly those who don't plan on staying away from home for too long so i chuckle. when my it was so rose with the widows of the priest there's a petition you're with the 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 and we don't of reporting from armenia is bored with nagorno-karabakh r.t. . fighting isn't the only limited to the contested zone several towns in azerbaijan a controlled territory have been hit according to the government as areas or it is claimed a number of civilian settlements were shelled on tuesday we spoke to service area refugees who've seen all this before when the 1st conflict erupted 3 decades ago. 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 here 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 a. 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 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're right here in 1903 back and we had quite a good lead in conditions but lost that in the days i faced challenges leaving here i have 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 land the occupied and

expect in 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 our president i will show a soldier strength to liberate our lands where longing for this for 30 years i was 30 is provided just as bench and aid but i'm still in this dormitory all men in my family is sons and grandsons 7 army my only desire is to go to the villages of my cobra jaw. russia's cost major doubts over the evidence the west claims it has that proves kremlin critic alexina valmy was poisoned with another top nerve agent has aided previously said she'd taken a suspect water bottle from his hotel room to germany but it was then tested but moscow now claims it never left the country with more details here saskia taylor. the saga involving russian opposition activists has become even more time gold an

ongoing investigation led by local russian authorities have conducted so far on 230 interviews trying to get to the bottom of what happened on that plane from siberia to moscow has brought a new turn crucially their findings cause doubt piece of evidence believe it or not a bottle of water that is thought to contain traces of not the child and which apparently led them to the conclusion that if any how deep been poisoned by the nerve agent this was a much talked about bottle in the media and it was initially thought to have been smuggled in by one of these companions a certain marine up check this is something that she herself claimed in an interview but russian authorities say that that is not in fact true let's hear from them during the preflight security check of maria. novosibirsk there was no contain is of more than $100.00 milliliters in volume in her suitcase and backpack including any bottles of water after the check maria paid cheek purchased a $500.00 milliliter bottle of water from an side vending machine with which she

flew to the city of now this seriously challenges the claims made by members of the anti corruption fund set up by he say that as soon as they found out he'd been hospitalized they returned to the hotel room in which he'd been staying and raided it for anything suspicious in fact they posted a video on instagram showing them apparently locating this bottle of water up with not the chalk many have since questions how it's possible they were able to so casually handle an object with a deadly nerve agent another revelation from the russian investigation concerns the airport which is a plane made an emergency landing this is in siberia now the pilot says he put in a request for an emergency landing at 8 25 in the morning and 5 minutes later received a message warning of a potential bomb scare this for a short period triggered some one. henri's about whether they would in fact be able to land the plane now this is what russian authorities have to say on that given

the appearance in the media of a bomb hoax at the airport to prevent the emergency landing of the plane carrying around the investigators are working as additional versions of what happened it has been found that the anonymous message was sent through a server located on the territory of germany germany of course has featured heavily in the story just a quick reminder it was to a bulletin clinic that found it was late to sent and father treated it was also in a german the burra tree that allegedly there's traces of chalk in a filing system found in the meantime moscow continues to ask for thought the information to aid its investigation into that and has sent around 6 requests to germany france and sweden all these developments come as the diplomatic fallout from the story wasn't only on wednesday we heard that germany and france were plotting all proposing new additional sanctions on russia they encouraged the european community to join them that will be formally discussed next week russia has responded by saying that such language is just not conducive to international

cooperation which is something that it said that it's wanted from the very beginning it also added that no matter what happens from now it will simply not be possible to return to business as usual. unfortunately instead of working together to establish the truth of the facts of what happened to the russian citizens paris and berlin have preferred to politicize the case turn to france and like my or the use of international platforms we consider this behavior irresponsible and unacceptable so a lot of new information coming in raising some serious questions including in fact whether in fact even what corruption fund there has been some dispute about that so it's all really quite muddled in a certain way to see how it all plays out. but in this part of the latest major european city to see a return of lockdown measures after it recorded one of its biggest daily covert spikes since the pandemic began it or all of our reports next from the german capital. 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 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 beautiful to be sure but what of germans make of the new measures the windows we want to stop and that we in germany have this freedom democratic basic order again which was always formed the basis for our society i think it being everybody said it was the best choice. definitely they're

doing the right thing i'm sure minorities in my opinion this is a disproportionate reaction that we encounter every day in our basic rights such a massive 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 is that often 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 of 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 book dedicated group of germans that don't agree with the chancellor and being out on the streets to vent their upset at corona restrictions.

of parts of germany keeping a close eye on the infection rate and in an island 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. 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 107 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 though it's 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. 7 while braces for what may well be a wouldn't wave of cove it germany as a whole remains one of only 4 european nations not 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. sort of head for you will running through wednesday night's u.s. vice presidential t.v. debate between com the house and mike pence and that surprise guest who stole the

show. is the threshold at which. big tobacco realised what they were doing in that 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 and we don't i'm trying to make is that social media in particular these artificially intelligent algorithms are doing the same thing. seemed wrong. just don't. get to seem

out of the attic. and engagement equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. after months of living in the shadow of the coronavirus tempers are increasingly becoming frayed over the restrictions being imposed a fight broke out between passengers on a plane in the u.s. over the wearing of a face mask. the incident started as an argument between a flight attendant and a passenger who was only wearing a face shield and while they can be worn on board in addition to mosques they can't be used as an alternative to them when the incident spiraled out of control

security we're told in the passenger was removed. ok parker just been looking at how measures to keep people safe during the health crisis are now causing frustration. being launched 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 home going restrictions economic uncertainty and for surging infection rates have driven some tempest 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 ok

because the top. not. that i think. you got while the government struggled to contain the virus new hardships have inflamed old tensions in this instance 2 passengers on a u.k. bus bubbly and physically abuse and apparently asian teenage girl for not covering her face. on. her ears. the mosque has become a synonymous with the pandemic both as a symbol of protection and also a restriction science supports using the research shows they cut down the chances of transmitting and catching corona virus and could reduce the severity of any and

. sections but for some not wearing masks 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 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 cope with 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 the

governments fail to effectively lead societies against an invisible enemy which threatens to divide as well as conquer a partridge r.t. love to. the fate of the next us presidential debate hangs in the balance donald trump for refusing to take part after it was announced that his bout with joe biden will be held remotely after the president called covert last week and spent 4 days in a hospital the debate had been due to take place in miami on october the 15th here's how trump explained his decision in an interview to his go to t.v. network you're saying you're not going to participate you know i'm not going to waste my time on a virtual debate that's not what debating is all about you sit behind a computer and do a debate it's ridiculous and then they cut you off whenever they want well that may not be a 2nd presidential debate the 1st and only vice presidential encounter was held on wednesday night harrison mike pence for 90 minutes double quarter went over 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 only need is the worry is what if something happens to them has to be continuity and one of the top jobs

or the will of 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 boobs 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 pants. well to america had special coverage after the debate and swarm discussed the encounter with political analyst. 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 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 a part of the problem of the format of the debate are they trying to cover too many issues would it 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 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. it's way to the point i don't think that either debate changed any single voter's 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 ok that's it for me in the moscow newsroom for this hour that whole contest next to a headline story just in the 32 minute. dark industry comes to life in los angeles every night. dozens of women sells the bodies on the street many of them underage. los angeles police reveal a taste of their daily challenge if you're going to exploit a child here in los angeles there we're going to. see officers going undercover as

6 workers and customers to fight the 6 trades. but the demick know certainly no borders. nationalities. doesn't work with the we talk of the. world to. come in crisis with these. we can do better we should be doing better. everyone is contributing it's your own way but we also know that this crisis will not go on forever the challenges faced the response has been much so many good people are helping us. it makes us feel very proud that we are in it together.

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