thinks. we should ask. in the weekly for marty international reports of shelling and civilian casualties in the god of. that's about john and armine accusing each other of violating the truce so for a fragile cease fire takes effect in the disputed region. correspondence in the heart of a conflict reporting on the devastation and how locals future standoff. the city of . sight i can see it has been razed to the ground but it has been battered by the bombs of so many calibers sizes and types. and other headlines the international chemical weapons watchdog claims traces similar to the group poison were in samples belonging to alexina valmy. handling of the opposition activists

cases politicized with russia yet to receive any evidence. coronavirus cases rise rapidly in northern england with hospitals preparing for the worst governments contradictory antivirus measures is sowing confusion still to. tell no one here now is sunday the 11th of october good morning from me kevin now in this is the weekly here on r t a roundup of the big stories as reported by us to you over the last 7 days well 1st the news has dominated a lot of our coverage over the last few days indeed weeks and the latest is a cease fire between armenia and azerbaijan came into force in the goal of karabakh on saturday but almost straight away to the start of flying from both sides about violations of the truce as opposed to on. 7 people died in shelling just city in

the early hours of sunday rocket reportedly hit a residential building there leaving over 30 injured as well including children armenia for its part denies involvement in that attack. earlier on saturday with moscow serving as a broker the 2 sides managed to seal a truce including an exchange of prisoners and war dead this deal paves the way for further talks in theory to be mediated by the oas c.e. minsk group is some of what we saw from the key players yesterday. a ceasefire is announced from 12 pm on the 10th of october for humanitarian purposes only but if we are committed to peaceful settlement of the conflict and are rooted to resume the peace process. would it but if you have if the armenian side is committed to the truce regime the phase for a political settlement will come and the phase for pressured negotiations will end

our goal remains the same to restore the integrity of azerbaijan despite the ceasefire the capital of the contested region of nagorno-karabakh is also seen alert sirens late saturday 11 hours after the guns were supposed to fall silent artie's correspondent on the ground there said there were several explosions the capital's been under fire since the conflict escalated in the region several weeks ago the shelling has led to civilian casualties because down off this report from the area right after the truce came into effect. the city of step on the kurds is a sorry sight i can't say it has been razed to the ground but it has been battered by so many bombs of so many calibers sizes and types this street got the full wrath of a cluster munition all the hallmarks i hear burn down because shattered glass and if you look closely at the walls and windows here along this whole street they have pierced with tiny tiny holes this is the deadly power of

a cluster bomb and other aspects of using one is that when a rocket shoots dozens of little bombs of little grenades many of them don't explode so we were being told not to go down that street because that's where locals gathered those grenades that didn't explode and there detonating them on purpose they're doing so because each unexploded grenade like this poses a grave threat to especially to children because they look harmless they look innocent so a kid picks up such a such a bomb starts playing with it and it explodes in their hands now it's been just hours into this tentative cease fire between armenia and azerbaijan but everyone who i've been talking to and counting on it was. since midday no truce has been observed the war continues there is absolutely no change you can. this sounds frightens me after silence there is usually a bombardment i do not know what will happen whether they will strike again. the

they will shoot you make compromises but they do your chest you do the media no i kind of believe in the truth but we can't relax we know what our enemy is like you can see their handwriting and we need to stay on guard. apart from civilians being caught up in the violence journalists have also been hit on further bombing devastated in the story cathedral in the goanna care about which was struck twice 3 russian journalists who were nearby at the time were injured one severely latest on that he was in a coma and on a ventilator earlier but is now improving. the fighting erupted in a corner care about plates in september with armenia and azerbaijan laying blame on each other for the escalation the region populated mainly by ethnic armenians broke away from back in the 1990 s. after a bloody war the latest conflict has spilled beyond the disputed territory to the day before the tentative cease fire people of missouri villages took refuge in the

school building which has been transformed into a temporary shelter indeed several dozen families are living in classrooms there while waiting to return to their homes what's left of them in some cases but despite the severe dangers most locals seem steadfast in this support for their country's campaign. or in fact the existence of a ceasefire means that the work is incomplete that is all the lands have to be taken back president aliyev also wants us to fight until we get back our lost lands . as if. there by john has been living with a ceasefire for 30 years i think that people's patience was running then this was an important consideration the country's president of the steps if the president says there should be humanitarian ceasefire it is probably accepted at the state level we understand here everyone is mankind wishing the biggest difference is that it does not serve where there is this peace or war and smiles bill. moderated we

have been patient for 30 years we cannot wait any more felt as it did to bill and basically agree that this should not be in the show after 30 years that is car bach belongs to ease their pitch on this issue should not be political in the life we heard from the director of britain's crisis research institute who thinks the 2 sides will be unable to make any real progress without broad public support. shaky partly because they are all about mineral city on both sides not just between so dysfunctional both sides public opinion and for instance we must be afraid that was a risk that already but who are some dissenting voices saying that why are we stopping the war when we as a result we winning so there's a danger that governments who made the improvement could be pressed by public opinion to new that will particularly only as interest on the other problem is that the agreement is essentially a very short point says that it's to enable the wounded to be recovered and also

for christians to exchange and the us felt the top story she found a way a mechanism of bringing about a long term ceasefire and even peace well i think russia is the key player because it enjoys a considerable degree of trust and a lot of contact with those of our john omonia and its next door. and so it has its own interests in a peaceful solution and if the problem is perhaps other players further away have interests that they don't have any risks rushnell the state stands to lose if there's a conflict in its backyard. the other news from the week russia dismissed the findings of the global chemical weapons watchdog the o.p.c. w. they claimed on choose day that a novel chock type of nerve agent was used to poison the high profile kremlin critic alexina valmy berlin and paris in the meantime though to punish moscow over its alleged role in the case. we considered that the reason though are the plausible explanations from mr live on this board singing the new russian warm and

responsibility growing vanessa are conclusions from these facts france and germany will share with the european partners proposals for additional sanctions until you're given documents materials samples material evidence we will consider all that surrounds this incident an unbridled propaganda campaign of lies or simply put a low grade provocation its purpose is obvious denigrate russia with unsubstantiated accusations and thereby create a far fetched reason for introducing another tranche of sanctions against our country the o.p.c. w says tests have confirmed quote the presence of a nerve agent in the valleys blood and urine samples which is structurally similar to substances from another church group banned in 2019 the organization described the findings as a matter of grave concern russia's not buying it though let's look at some of moscow's criticisms of the way the case has been handled so far 1st off moscow says

germany never shared novell these test results or the samples of his bio materials used to date russia also has no access to any files on the politician held by berlin's charity hospital where he was treated moscow insists that intel it receives those there's nothing it can do to help saying it will not take western lab results at face value russian military expert igor no coolant spoke to us about it in the week he told us the proceedings than of on the case have been lacking in transparency all the way along the line. well. first of all we still don't know the exact substance used no one told us about it unfortunately clearly mr ray's inhibitors come in a wide range of substances all nerve agents have them as well as some medication a substance from the group and the chemical weapon called novacek are 2 different things the substance can be mildly toxic is toxic as dye core verse that we use in daily life to kill insects and that's the difference there is for example

a cocktail of alcohol that can be ignited and then there is a molotov cocktail they can even set tanks on fire the 2 are the same but quite different. i think the results could have been falsified we don't know who did was with the bottle it is possible the bottle had been substituted we don't know that and there is no proof reminds me of the fake stories like with white helmets in syria when some unknowns get bottles samples with so-called proof from the crime scenes and later it is found out they were collected someplace else. western europe is getting slammed by coronavirus spain and france are leading the numbers with cases in the high hundreds of thousands u.k. is now in 3rd place in europe for the highest infections surpassing 590000 cases a spiraling out of control in northern england in particular it's adding pressure then to a british government already under fire over its response to the health crisis but critics say the authorities have done nothing but so this seeds of confusion along

the way shouted what is this report from london. and considering the u.k. government's response to cave at 19 pretty and probably wouldn't be the words on the tips of most people's tongues over the course of the year the u.k. has seen thousands of people dying in care homes tests and tracing deadlines set and missed the u.k. topping the death toll across europe plus of course britain being on the verge of a round 2 and while most people think the government's response needs to be completely written off it seems as though not everyone agrees it's been. i think it will be like the lympics that's when it's all over and we look back and reflect we would actually be extremely proud of ourselves some people might think a wooden spoon is more appropriate than a shiny metal especially considering the latest news that 16000 positive tests for private 19 have been lost meaning the super spreaders a blindly unaware this still spreading thousands of people blissfully unaware they've been exposed to covert potentially spreading this deadly virus

a time when hospital admissions are increasing in the 2nd wave blunder after blunder critics say the government's not learning from its mistakes but as the country hurdles towards a 2nd wave of the virus confusion is still lingering in the guess with mixed messages coming from power. but as i understand it. apologies i misspoke today in the northeast new rules mean you cannot meet people from different households in social settings indoors including in pubs restaurants and your home you should also avoid socializing with other households outside go to work but stay at home in town to help out but don't socialize kick start the economy but stay in your it's no wonder the country is confused especially considering the man telling the u.k. what to do is accused of being a tad confused one of the major problems is widespread confusion about the local

restrictions people feel very let down a very frustrated very forgotten can we pin all the primal boris johnson off to roll these all around president to times far to go back to all that no prime minister has ever fought before a lot of months of economic paralysis boris johnson began to i'm not the look down even though parts of the u.k. was still plagued with the virus and so the north south divide found its latest partition the timing of the lifting of national lockdown was london centric please remember this the next time you see politicians pointing fingers at our people on the eve of a 2nd wave many might think the government would know what it was doing by now especially considering it's how to round 6 months to prepare but when carrot has been replaced with confusion can the government really expect people to for the rules when it doesn't seem to know them itself shut to ever such the artsy learn. stay with us if you can this is kevin our morning more on the covert calamity ahead

the spanish capital so the national government over the last cold fruit of the city's favor to tell you all about it on the back. join me every 1st week on the alex simon show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm showbusiness i'll see you there. is your media a reflection of reality. in a world transformed. what will make you feel safe. isolation or community. are you going the right way or are you being

led. by. what is true or what is fake. in the world corrupted you need to descend. to join us in the depths. or a make of the shallowness. color madrid's rejected new coronavirus long term measures imposed by the central government ruling they violate people's freedoms the log in order come amid a significant surge in covert cases in the spanish capital for opponents of the restrictions claimed the decision was taken away too quickly without consent and ignored the fundamental rights of millions of locals there for. international but it was the having one of the superior courts of justice of madrid has refused to

ratify the measures aimed at restricting people's mentality which were imposed by a recent central government order the community of madrid saw those measures as hasty nonconsensual and affecting the fundamental rights of millions of citizens and the courts have unanimously seen eye to eye with us on this and so that it rules that would have been they couldn't leave their own city local opposition to the log that was strong. i mean. it seems that the measures are only intended to annoy madrid because there are many provinces in spain which are going through the same thing as us and they don't have to do the same so i'm not at all in favor of what the government is doing. as me thus i think the measures that we're taking were good but it is true that it can lead will be very bad for us. we have to move on we have to continue with our lives and i think that we can have a normal life if we are careful but as i say rameau madrid says the focus has

shifted away from fighting the virus. this. instead of thinking about a real fix for the problem and a common effort to fight the virus from which everyone would benefit the central government and the regional authorities are constantly criticizing each other and looking for some new strategies all this leads to chaos from which we the ordinary citizens suffer. don't troubles physicians says the president is no longer contagious with covert 19 allowing him to resume campaigning across the country then but it's unlikely to change the fact that the 2nd presidential debate has been officially council that a way main time the vice presidential candidates faced off this week but all eyes were on a rather unexpected star seem to steal the show spotlight for all the 2 minute.

there's a fly swatter when you need one a while the vice presidential debate went quite differently compared to the earlier trump biden showdown both camera pans mostly refraining from interruptions and cross talking unlike the respective running mates of course the pandemic took center stage pushing more substantial of measures end of the night to the wayside. the very 1st the president donald trump has put the health of america 1st whatever the vice president is claiming the administration has done and 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 and 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 the vaccine emerges during the trumpet ministration i think is is unconscionable 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 thought 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 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 but we'd 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 being perhaps a different format 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 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 steps and if 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 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 of. his way to the point 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. the capital kurdistan's under a state of emergency after

a week of violent protests over the country's parliamentary election results. protests began on monday after the outcome of the vote was announced than angry crowds captured and torched the country's main government building election commission has declared the disputed returns null and void now but nonetheless protests continue throughout the week demonstrators also went to the security council building to manning the release of the country's ex-president almas back at some bay of he was later released but then detained again for organizing more

protests. finally. this was a worry in the wake thousands of dead sea creatures being washed. in russia's far east it's part concerns maybe of an ecological disaster off the coast of. samples of water sand the marine life shown high levels of oil products up to 4 times normal and other toxic compounds too so an investigation into the causes underway is more on the unfolding crisis. that there's no clash in the kitchen for the past few weeks all the surface at the beach who went into the water were experiencing night problems i face who didn't pay too much attention to their symptoms we nationally put it down to the bright sun and strong winds but when the problems persisted on cloudy days too we became worried started showing other symptoms noisey fatigue and fever so it seemed quite

dangerous to show us some of the 1st sign was some of the surface feeling sick we thought it was a root a virus something to do with the drinking water then people started complaining about ira tastes and sore throats in general it would seem. to. check. the post if this sometimes happens off the stone. fish often washed up on the shore in large numbers but we haven't seen octopus is washed up before that strange. some of the local surface of the animals have been behaving strangely in particular the ring seals would swim with us they usually only come up for spending most of the time on the water is now when they break the surface they stop why do while.

it is a dud to dust we receive test results from the water all 3 samples which up. showed oil based products were 4 times over the limit and final was twice the limit. you to. see it in the sorry sight if we get to find out what's happened they will let you know so some day recap of the big stories of the week we brought you here on our table reporting from moscow kevin only delighted to be in service for me in the team on g t a be on the seems out make this program thank you for watching and a great rest of the weekend.

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