a fragile truce it takes effect in the disputed caucuses region of not gotten a kind of buck but reports of 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. sites 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. of virus cases rising sharply in northern england with hospitals preparing for even the worst while government guidelines so confusion.

are broadcasting live from our studios in moscow recapping the week's top stories with our weekly program this is r t international glad to have you with us right now let's start off with the latest in the standoff in the caucasus between armenia and azerbaijan in the disputed territory of not gotten a cut above the 2 countries say they are abiding by a cease fire that came into force on saturday but both have accused the other of violating that truce with russia serving as intermediary of the 2 sides managed to seal 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 and the u.s. and france here's some of what we saw from the key players on saturday. if you live . a ceasefire is announced from 12 pm 110th of october for humanitarian purposes but it's we are committed to a peaceful settlement of the car about conflict and the ready to resume the peace process with it but if you 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 dress store the integrity of azerbaijan the fighting erupted in. late september with armenia and azerbaijan laying the blame on each other as about john claims that 9 people died and more than 30 were injured during the shelling of the city of god in the early hours of sunday a rocket reportedly hit a residential building and a rescue operation is underway armenia denies any involvement in that attack but locals think otherwise. it's just it was too in the morning we were sleeping i heard a huge sound and i saw everything falling on me glass wood the won't everything my son ran and 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 dost cease 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 seaman's. 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 and caught a buck and the locals ran for cover our correspondent is in the local capital and heard several explosions the city has borne the brunt of the 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 as the fragile truce initially 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 burned 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 or 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 each day no truth has been

observed the work continues there is absolutely no change. in ever 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 as. we have moved trust in what they say in particular in the current developments the ceasefire looks were suspicious staus the director of britain's crisis research institute told us he thinks neither side will be able to make real progress without broad public support. shaky partly because you're all about him sitting on both sides not just the treatment so dysfunctional that some it's public opinion and for instance we must be afraid that was a risk that already had both of those 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 interest on the other problem is that the agreement is essentially over a short point says that it's to enable the new to be recovered and also for christians to exchange and goes for the top story she found a way of reckons in bringing about a little term ceasefire and even peace i think russia is the key player because it enjoys a considerable degree of trust and a little contact with those about german omonia and its next door. and so it has its own interests in in a peaceful solution and it's the pro his props all the players further away. interests that they don't have any risks rushnell the state stands to lose if there's a conflict and it's actually. nations across europe are tightening their coronavirus restrictions after a spike in case numbers germany france and britain have all seen dramatic increases in recent weeks 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 is at a low ebb as shaddy edwards dusty explains. when considering the u.k. government's response. 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 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 blimey on the way they're 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 private confusion is still lingering in the with mixed messages coming from those in 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 socialising 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 bubble 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 rule these all around precedented 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 know 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 parity 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 start the artsy.

the french president's plan to fight extremism by teaching arabic in schools was met with staunch resistance earlier this week as artie's tried to debate reports now from paris. on the plans announced by president mccord france is fighting back against separatism and 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 point speech did this little to alleviate those concerns. the problem is islam is 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 drop out 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 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 at muslims when there are more serious matters but who i don't really have an opinion on that but it has to be controlled it might be a good idea if there are other languages it might be a good idea to learn arabic hebrew. talian spanish english all these languages and i think that's a really good idea i think people do with 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 losses are more widely off 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 more there's nothing wrong with teaching kids call what purpose i think there's a message. that's where all the french are. going to if we don't want to be around the bush and get integration if we want to help communities trying to go live together. and wish is one of the best instruments which can be used to get

people around here. 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 they resist specific branch of muslims who naturally make the headlines but this is a really a branch that's not all muslims don't generalise. taking a peek around the world this weekend for some headlines and the public anger is a boiling over in israel over the new nationwide coronavirus lockdown tens of thousands rallied in cities across the country and saturday calling on prime minister binyamin 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 over a fatal shooting a protester was killed during a rival rallies between left and right wing groups on saturday local reports say

the suspect had been hired by a local t.v. channel in the meantime over in bel roofs. police used stun grenades and water cannons against an opposition rally in the capital minsk dozens of people were reportedly detained including a russian journalist covering the unrest it is the latest in a series of protests since august disputed election which the opposition claims it was rigged. still to come here on our team for national of the spanish government's move to all but seal off madrid to tackle a call that spike is struck down by the capital's highest court we'll tell you all about that when the weekly returns this is our internet.

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walking back to the weekly right here at r.t. international now on thursday madrid's highest court rejected new lockdown measures imposed by the central government ruling they violate people's freedoms the lockdown order was issued after a surgeon covered cases in the spanish capital but our opponents say that the decision was taken too quickly without consent and ignored the fundamental rights of millions of locals internationally and it was the having one of the superior courts of justice of madrid has refused to ratify the measures aimed at restricting people's mobility 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. madrid residents

told us how they feel about the government's lockdown plan for the capital. and me 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 asked 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 were 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 says that the focus has shifted away from fighting the virus. out of this that. instead of thinking about a real fix for the problem in 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. donald trump's physician says that the president is no longer contagious after recovering from covert 19 and can resume campaigning across the country that said the 2nd presidential debate will not be going ahead it was canceled after trump refused to take part remotely the vice presidential candidate did candidates did manage a t.v. face off this week but there was an unexpected star who stole the spotlight for all of about 2 minutes take a look. at .

the v.p. debate was in stark contrast to the earlier trump biden showdown but come on harris and mike pence mostly refrain from interruptions and predictably the pandemic took center stage. the very 1st the president donald trump has put the health of america 1st whatever the vice president 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 side 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 is run the debates in a way that's just designed to be the most sensational and the most you know quote topical rather than the most politically relevant is is part of the problem of the format of the debate are they trying to cover too many issues would it be but it would be better served to have one or 2 things that they talk about the whole night and really go at those issues and quite candidly why do we even have vice president or have these debate in the 1st place they don't create policy we're all very interested in policy and the technical details you know but a lot of people that's not the way that they make their decisions about voting and most people are trying to vote on. what they you know with their friends and family like they're making decisions about ideas that they've heard about but they don't

really know the details i mean we can't expect regular americans to be knowledgeable about all these different vast policy areas even the politicians themselves don't really know all of the details of these different policy areas i don't think it's true that the american people are unable to. understand the issues i think that the issues are intentionally obfuscated in a way to make sure that the average american cannot weigh in on them being perhaps a different format where you have maybe 3 or 4 broad categories that allow for the debaters to get into into the those categories by be important was there a winner who won this debate. 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 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 pens only because it's 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. a state of emergency has been declared in sudan after some of the worst flooding there in years for many it means that life is proving even more of a challenge in what was already one of the world's poorest nations.

orlando i've gotten out of the water has destroyed all of our house furniture and belongings the world lost on the floor being evacuated from our homes to safer places several houses were in time it's truly we managed to save some furniture because the rest was taken with the water. some people are living now under a tree we don't have anything left and children live on the trees there's no place to shelter us and the village is still submerged in water we're building a hoss out of wood and plastic she's just show to ourselves and our families until things get better. but those are from we'll be back with more of the will gooey and let's say 35 minutes you're watching our 2 international.

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there was a downturn and were. related to the 19 crisis. let's not able to retain employees they had let someone go and it was me. we are right now in the most important election. in our history that thrilled to be back in the granite state with the true hardworking american patriots last night it was my great honor to accept the republican nomination for president of the united states . donald trump and i might think. i've i've watched his career since the 1980 s. he's kind of like a figure from pop culture who rose up to become president the united states and you know i mire what he's done i think the hotel business is an honorable business is

he's not making weapons he's not bombing other countries in that line of work so i really don't see it as a bad thing that a billionaire became president of the united states. my name is brian fields i'm 47 years old i'm from washington d.c. and i we're going to grocery store you can bring whatever is going on right now in the country with a dish. what would you call it and what it means. it's not nothing edible it's not edible whatever it is it's nothing that we.