with that you know. the fragile truce takes effect in the disputed caucasus region of nagorno-karabakh but reports of shelling come from both sides. our correspondents in the heart of the conflict zone reporting on the devastation and how locals view the standoff. site i can see it has been razed to the ground but it has been battered by so many so many calibers sizes and types. and coronavirus cases right sharply in northern england with hospitals preparing for the worst 12 u.k. government guidelines some confusion.

in moscow i'm calling bright sunday so we take you through some of the big stories we've covered here over the past 7 days 1st though to update you on the weekends developments and the latest on the standoff in the caucasus between armenia and azerbaijan in the disputed territory of nagorno-karabakh the 2 countries say they're abiding by a cease fire that came into force on saturday but both accuse the other of violating the truce with russia serving as intermediary the 2 sides managed to see an agreement 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. a ceasefire is announced from 12 pm 110th of october for humanitarian purposes. we are committed to peaceful settlement of the current conflict and the ready to resume the peace process 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 fighting erupted in the corner kyra back in late september with our main iran does our job laying the blame on each other as by your own claims 9 people died over 30 were injured during shelling in the city of gander at the early hours of sunday walk it reportedly hit a residential building and a rescue operation is underway how many are 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 picked me up. 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 cease fire we know these armenians very well we know how they behave they are 2 faced they completely lock on us you can't even call them humans. they

are barbarians they are not human if you have a war it's with soldiers but we are civilians we were sleeping at night. just hours after the truce took effect on saturday air raid sirens went off in karabakh and locals run for cover a correspondent a coast guard of his in the local capital and heard several explosions the city's bore the brunt of the shell fire over the past 2 weeks there are multiple civilian casualties although the numbers are unclear at this stage a whole process this report from the area was the fragile truce initially came into effect. for the city of stop 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 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 the tentative season. between armenia and azerbaijan but everyone who i've been talking to and counting on it. since midday no truce has been observed the war continues there is absolutely no change we asked a bit of a cease fire is temporary for 2 or 3 years it will be calm and then it will start

again like this time every day we are in danger we wake up and thank god that we are alive i don't know what is going to happen to us. we have moved trust in what they say and particularly in the current developments the ceasefire looks worse suspicious staus the director of britain's crisis research institute told us he thinks neither side will be able to say real progress without broad public support . we did shaky partly because they were abandoned both times not just between so dysfunctional both sides public opinion and for instance we must be afraid that was a risk that already but there 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 for public opinion to new that will particularly only as there is not the other problem is that the agreement is essentially a very short poinsettias but it's to enable the new to be recovered and also

christians to exchange and those felt the top story she found a way of reckons in bringing about a long term ceasefire and peace well i think russia is the key player because it enjoys a considerable degree of trust and a little contact with those of the german omonia and 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 state stands to lose if there's a conflict in its backyard. nations across europe are tightening their coronavirus restrictions after a spike in case numbers germany france and the u.k. of all seen dramatic increases in recent weeks the british prime minister is expected to announce a partial lockdown for the north of england on monday it could include the closure of all pubs and restaurants but local mayors are resisting the plans and threatening to launch a parliamentary challenge a nationwide public trust in the government at

a low ebb as shoddy adverts dashed explained. and considering the u.k. government's response ok but 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 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. you know 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 that 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 and we're 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 guess with mixed messages coming from the power it's 6 in. the hospitality but as i understand it not successful. 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 popple it's no wonder the country is confused especially considering the man telling the u.k. what to do is accuse 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 forgot to come within 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 and not 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 the when carrot has been replaced with confusion and the government really expect people to for the rules when it doesn't seem to know them itself shut to address such the artsy. disturbing environmental mystery emerged on tuesday thousands of dead sea creatures washed ashore in russia's far east sparking fears of an ecological disaster here's

more on the unfolding crisis in kentucky. has been the biggest for the past few weeks all the surface at the beach who went into the water were experiencing night problems i 1st wouldn't be too. 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 him several started showing other symptoms not even so it seemed quite dangerous in a 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.

most of us just this sometimes happens off to storms in the starfish 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 some of the 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 is now when they break the surface they stay up for quite a while. swimming approach it is a data dust we receive test results from the water all 3 songs we took showed hoyle base products were 4 times over the limit and final was twice the limit. you to.

french president's plan to fight extremism by teaching arabic in schools was where the store stalled for assistance and yet this weight. of course an extra powers. under plans unknown spy president. korn 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 not on speech did they kill to alleviate those concerns. the problem is islam ist separatism this conscious theorized 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 midsts 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 arabic graph called is a good idea because we have a lot of young people from north west africa and europe. personally i'm completely

against this idea because here in france there are too many generals asians we point to say no this is not just 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. english all these languages i think that's a really good idea and i think people do with these 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 loss is widely offered there is 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 moore there's nothing wrong with teaching kids cause purpose i think there's a political message i think that's where all the french are against this. today i mean if we don't want to beat around the bush and shrink integration if we want to help communities trying to go live together. and which is one of the

best instruments which can be used to get people around to get along together 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 as i've also heard people saying online that teaching arabic is an act of separatism you know that arabic. has existed here for a long time and it never brought me that radicalism or terrorism cleary's a specific branch of muslims who naturally make the headlines but this is a branch that's not all muslims don't generalise. this is aussie still ahead the spanish government's move to all but seal off madrid to tackle a covert spike is struck down by the capital's highest court we'll tell you about that in the weekly returns after the break.

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in the depths. or a made in the shallowness. of again hundreds highest court on thursday rejected new lockdown measures imposed by the central government ruling that they violate people's frayed. the lockdown order was issued after a surge in covert cases in the spanish capital but opponents say the decision was taken too quickly without consent and ignored the fundamental rights of millions of locals. internationally it was the having one of the superior courts of justice of madrid has refused to ratify the measures aimed at restricting people's inability which were imposed by recent central government order the community of madrid saw those measures as hasty nonconsensual and effecting the fundamental rights of millions of citizens that the courts have unanimously seen eye to eye with us on this and some of madrid's residents have been telling us how they feel about the

government's lockdown plan for the capital. i mean and seek him out 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. has made us 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 knives and i think that we can have a normal life if we are careful spanish political analyst jose ramos says the focus has shifted away from fighting the virus and who out of this that open sun 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. around the world this weekend and public anger is boiling over in israel over the new nationwide coronavirus lockdown tens of thousands rallied in cities across the country on saturday calling on prime minister benjamin netanyahu to step down clashes broke out in tel aviv and several people were injured. security guards been arrested in the u.s. city of denver over a fatal shooting a protest was killed during rival rallies between left and right wing groups on saturday local reports say the suspect had been hired by a local t.v. channel meantime over about a ruse. police use stun grenades and water cannon against an opposition rally in the capital meant dozens of people were reportedly taking clothing russian journalists covering the rest is the latest in a series of protests since august disputed election which the opposition claims was rigged. physician says the president is no longer contagious

after recovering from covert 19. regime campaigning across the country said the 2nd presidential debate will not go ahead and it was cancelled after trump refused to take part remotely the vice presidential candidates did manage a t.v. face off this week but there was another expected star who stole the spotlight for all of 2 minute. the v.p. debate was in stark contrast to the earlier trump biden showdown both camelot harris and mike pence mostly refrain from interruptions and 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 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 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 1st pro-life views on gun control to use the drug

legalization should america be the world's police anymore these are the judum it political issues that are not being discussed because again we're letting the media as well and the debates in a way that is just designed to be the most sensational and the most you know quote topical rather than the most politically relevant is part of the problem of the format of the debate or they try to cover too many issues would it be but it would be a bit 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. i expect regular americans to be knowledgeable about all these different vast policy areas even the politicians themselves don't really know all 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 a different format where you have maybe 3 or 4 broad categories that allow for the debaters to get into into the into those those categories by 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 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 pins only because. his way through the debate certain 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 that's the way to pay for this out next to street level view of homelessness in the united states real people real stories the invisible class is next on the internet. or the world is driven by.

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