in the week's top stories on our t.v. a fragile truce takes effect in the disputed region of new gordo karabakh reports that shelling come from both sides our correspondent is in the heart of the conflict zone reporting on the devastation and how locals view the standoff. the city of step on the kurds is a story so yes i can see it has been razed to the ground but it has been battered by you so many people so many calibers sizes and types. coronavirus spaces rise sharply in northern england with hospitals preparing for the worst well u.k. government guidelines some confusion.

a warm welcome you're watching the weekly here on r.t. international bringing you all the latest headlines along with a recap of the stories that shape the week but 1st the latest on the standoff between armenia and azerbaijan in a goal no care about the 2 countries that they are abiding by a seized by that came into force on saturday but both accuse the other of violating the truce with russia serving as into me to raid the 2 sides managed to steal a truce including an exchange of prisoners and war dead in the contested region the deal paves the way for further talks to be mediated by russia the u.s. and france here's some of what we saw from the key players on saturday. of your. a ceasefire is announced from 12 pm 110th of october for humanitarian purposes. we are committed to a peaceful settlement of the current conflict and the ready to resume the peace

process but 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. the find to go up to new color karabakh in late september with armenia and azerbaijan laying blame on each other as the by john claims 9 people died and over 30 were injured during shelling of the city and ganja city of ganja in the early hours of sunday a rocket reportedly hit a residential building and a rescue operation is underway i mean it denies any involvement in that attack but locals think otherwise. it was 2 in the morning we were sleeping i heard a huge sound and i saw everything falling on me glass wood the wall everything my son ran and in a t. shirt and. i saw rock fall on my face i opened my eyes and another rocket hit i said to myself what is this i opened my eyes and couldn't see anything but of dust

what's use fire we know these armenians very well we know how they behave they are 2 faced they completely locked on us you can't even call them. they are barbarians they are not human if you have a war it's with soldiers we are civilians we were sleeping at night or just our hours off the truce took effect on saturday air raid sirens went off in karabakh and locals ran for cover our correspondent don i was in the local council and heard several explosions the city has borne the brunt of shell fire over the past 2 weeks there are multiple civilian casualties although the numbers are unclear at this stage igor brought us this report from the area right after the fragile truce started. the city of step on the kurds is a sorry sight i can see 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 appear as 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 harmlessly 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 with you know since monday no truce

has been observed the war continues there is absolutely no change you can no good. frightens me after silence there is usually a bombardment i do not know what will happen whether they will strike again. which we have moved across and what they say in particular in the current developments the ceasefire looks were suspicious stores aside from civilians being caught up in the violence journalist have also been hit on thursday a bomb strike devastated on historic cathedral in a corner karabakh which was struck twice 3 russian journalists who were nearby at the time were injured one severely he was in a coma and on a ventilator earlier that is now improving the other 2 shown here have since left the country on a russian government flight and are now receiving hospital treatment in moscow. we have to the director of britain's crisis was 30 institute who thinks the 2 sides will be unable to make real progress without broad public support. shaky partly

because they were all around him both times not just between so despite your public opinion. for instance we must be afraid that was a risk that already but who are some dissenting voices saying why are we stopping the war when we as a result we winning so there's a danger that governments who made the it. could be pressed for public opinion to new that will particularly only as there is no the other problem is that the agreement is essentially a very short poinsettias but it's to enable the new to be recut and also for christians to exchange and goes further thoughts to actually find a way of reckons in bringing about a longer term ceasefire peace i think russia is the key player because it enjoys a considerable degree of trust and a lot of contact with business about ammonia and at its next door. and so it has its own interests in a peaceful solution to the problems perhaps other players further away. interests

that they don't have any risks rushnell the seat stands to lose if there's a conflict in its backyard or. western europe is getting slammed by coronavirus spain and france are leading the numbers with cases in the high hundreds of thousands the u.k. is now in 3rd place in europe for the highest infections with a passing 590000 cases the spiraling out of control in northern england in particular fighting pressure to a british government already under fire over its response to the health crisis but critics say they will thirty's have done nothing but so the seeds of covert confusion along the way sean had with daschle had this report from london and considering the u.k. government's response the cave at 19 brilliant job 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 deadline 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 a failure 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 they're still spreading thousands of people blissfully unaware that 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 private confusion is still lingering in the again with mixed messages coming from the power it's 6 in. the hospitality 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 eat out to help out but don't socialize kick start the economy but stay in your it's no wonder the country is continues 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 ofter all 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 so locked 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 clarity has been replaced with confusion can the government really expect people to for the rules when it doesn't seem to know them itself should you ever stop the artsy. thousands of dead sea creatures that washed ashore in russia's far east sparking fears of an ecological disaster here's more on the unfolding crisis and come. sarasota. naginata just for the past few weeks all the surface at the beach who

went into the water were experiencing not problems i face who didn't pay too much attention to their symptoms we initially put it down to the bright sun and strong winds but when the problems persisted on cloudy days too we became worried and so 1st started showing other symptoms not even so it seemed quite dangerous in the slideshow of some of the 1st sign was some of the surface feeling sick we thought it was a rotavirus something to do with the drinking water then people started complaining about ira tastes and sore throats in general it would seem. the post just this sometimes happens off the stone sea urchins new sawfish often washed up on the shore in large numbers but we haven't seen octopuses wash up before that strange. some of the local surface of said that animals have been

behaving strangely in particular the ring seals would swim with us they usually only come up with spending most of the time on the water that is now when they break the surface they stop book water while. she wouldn't watch it is a data dust we receive test results from the water all 3 songs we took showed hoyle based products were 4 times over the limit and final was twice the limit. you to. still to come this hour in madrid how successfully sued the spanish government over a local town older story and more when we come back.

so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy on sunday

shouldn't let it be an arms race is on the spearing dramatic development only personally i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. welcome back the french president's plan to fight extremism by teaching arabic in schools has been met with staunch resistance shoulder bensky reports. under plans announced by president mccord france is fighting back against separatism and a deviation away from the secular nature of the republic but the law which is yet to be fully drafted and released has been seen as an attack against islam that can speech did they kill to alleviate those concerns. the problem is

islam ist separatism this conscious theorize political religious project which materializes in repeated deviations from the values of the republic which often results in the constitution of a counter society and whose manifestations of the dropout of children the development of community based sports and cultural practices which are the pretext for teaching principles which do not comply with the laws of the republic french authorities fear that children and students learning arabic in mosques all being taught by religious associations could fall prey to indoctrination by isn't mists and in a bid to have more control the government plans to expand its availability in schools but not everyone is convinced that it's a good idea according to a new poll some 69 percent of respondents were not in favor so what do people here in paris make of the idea yes for me it is

a good idea today people from around the world have a right to speak their language and to teach arabic in our schools is a good idea because we have a lot of young people from north west africa and europe. personally and completely against this idea because here in france there are too many generals ations we point the same march of muslims when there are more serious matters but who i don't really have an opinion on that but it has to be controlled might be a good idea or if there are other languages it might be a good idea to learn. arabic hebrew. spanish english all these languages i think that's a really good idea i think people do what they want to do if they're interested it's critics have also rounded on it the note saying it is being counter productive it's ridiculous it's the best way to boost the proliferation of quranic schools or

denominational schools if we want to islam ice france this is the best way to get there the language of the republic is french institutionalizing learning of the arabic language in schools is cowardice and a mistake but even if arabic classes widely offered no indication there would be a prolific appetite for them it's currently the 8th most popular foreign language chosen by 11 to 15 year olds and figures show that only about 0.2 percent actually study it what's not clear yet and this is perhaps where the concern comes from is whether or not under the new plans arabic will become part of mandatory lessons here in france if that was the case it is likely to feel the fire of those who believe teaching arabic in schools only fosters communitarianism and blues the feeling of patriotism the exact opposite of what mr. there's nothing wrong with

teaching school. i think there's a message. that's where all the french are against this. today and if we don't want to push integration if we want to help communities trying to get together. and which is one of the best instruments which can be used to get people around to get along so goes on of course we teach the other languages even the president is in favor of teaching the arabic language so i think we shouldn't mix the subjects and say and i've also heard people saying online that teaching arabic. it is an act of separatism you know that arabic has existed here for a long time and it never broadly that radicalism or terrorism there is a specific branch of muslims who naturally make the headlines but this is only a branch that's not all muslims don't generalise. a court in madrid has rejected new coronavirus lockdown measures imposed by the central

government ruling they violate people's freedoms the lockdown order was issued after a surge in coded cases in the spanish capital but opponents say the decision was taken too quickly without consent and ignores the fundamental rights of millions of locals if you do not have it was the hero of the superior court of justice of madrid has refused to ratify the measures restricting people's ability which were imposed by recent central government order the community of madrid saw those measures as he still nonconsensual and effecting the fundamental rights of millions of citizens in the courts have unanimously seen eye to eye with us on this. residence of madrid told us how they feel about the government's lockdown plan for the capital. c. came after 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 am 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 economically it will be very bad for us that. we have to move on we have to continue with our enlarged and i think that we can have a normal life if we are careful. political analyst has a role in madrid phase the focus has shifted away from fighting the virus. out of 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. public anger is boiling over in israel over the new coronavirus lockdown tens of thousands rallied in cities nationwide on saturday also calling on prime minister benjamin netanyahu to step down clashes broke out in tel aviv and several people were injured. a security guard has been arrested in the

us city of denver of over a fatal shooting a protester with killed during rival rallies between right and left wing groups on saturday according to local media the suspect had been hired by a local t.v. channel and in other world news. police use stun grenades and water cannons against an opposition rally in the russian capital minsk dozens of people were reportedly detained including russian journalists covering the unrest is the latest in a series of protests since the disputed election in august which the belorussian opposition claims was rigged. for donald trump's physicians things the president is no longer contagious after recovering from covert 19 and can resume campaigning across the country over the 2nd presidential debate will not be going ahead it was cancelled after trump refused to take part

remotely and meanwhile the vice presidential candidates faced off this week but all eyes were on a rather unexpected star who stole the spotlight for all of 2 minutes. they paid to bake was in stark contrast to the earlier trunk biden showdown but camelot harris and mike pence mostly refrained from ensor upson found predictably the pandemic took center stage. the very 1st day

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 trump administration 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 is 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 sides but there are legitimate political issues pro-choice pro-life views on gun control the use of 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 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 debates in the 1st place they don't create policy we're all very interested in policy and the technical details you know but a lot of people that's not the way that they make their decisions about voting and most people are trying to vote on. what they you know what their friends and family like they're making decisions about ideas that they've heard about but they don't really know the details and 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 was 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 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 may be apparent only because. his way through the debate certain points and 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

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