france is set to reimpose a nighttime curfew as of saturday and will affect paris and 8 other cities and the spike in the new covert cases against his fight against the virus is expected to last until the next summer. but in a pitch in and says russia stepping up its efforts to battle curb 19 with a 2nd vaccine now registered against the virus it's ready on the ground 2 months clinical trial. 2 strikes obliterating everything in there the altar the benches and one of the domes have been completely destroyed our correspondent reports from the battered region of nagorno-karabakh as hostilities between our media and azerbaijan continue. bombs are also falling in this very controlled territory that despite

a cease fire having been agreed just a few days ago. good morning welcome this is r.t. international. started france where president emanuel has announced new rules to be applied to paris and other major cities in response to covert 19 a nighttime curfew will be in force from this coming weekend for a minimum of 4 weeks. we have made a decision to impose a curfew it will be in force in the paris region and other french cities new nationwide state of health of urgency has been declared in france as president back on outline new stricter measures to try and defeat covert 19 he's announced a curfew that will take place not just here in paris but in 8 other of the worst

affected cities across france that will come into force on saturday and will be from 9 pm in the evening until 6 am in the morning and it will be strictly enforced with the 1st time that you are caught outside without a good reason with a fine of 135 euros but that will go up to 1500 euros for repeat offenders when southers measures will be in place for at least 4 weeks but the government wants to try and push that to 6 weeks taking it to december 1st and he said president michel and this would be strictly enforced i.e. if you actually want and you live half an hour away you will need to leave the restaurant by half 8 in the evening he also talked about reducing private gatherings saying that 6 was the magic number and he said if you are with friends and families at a private gathering and you couldn't be more than one meter away from each other you would still have to wear a mask well there was thick and furious reaction to those announcements by president mack on. 60 percent of the infections happen to work schools or

universities between 8 and 7 pm but micron is banning people from going out to bars restaurants between 8 pm and 6 am welcome to absurdity there must be great disappointment among medics tonight who have heard no announcements of extra personnel material support or present back and said this was about trying to bring down the number of coded 19 infections that came as the latest figures showed there were almost 23000 new cases of the virus in the 24 hours to wednesday with 104 deaths in president machen said that the health care system was simply overloaded with stuff being exhausted and he said that the situation was more worrying now than it had been during march at the start of the 1st wave of the pandemic now these measures will also of course affect restaurants and he said that they would be help for people who worked in those sorts of businesses with 90

percent of pay basic pay being covered by the state but you can imagine that many businesses who already hard hit by cope with 1000 of probably worrying about what the future will hold for them now and present back and said that france would have to live with this virus until at least the summer of 2021 so not just a long winter ahead but possibly a long spring and a long summer for france as even stricter measures could be put in place if as president machen said people do not respect the rules and those numbers of covert 9000 infections are not brought down. we spoke with the health director for red cross international who supports the tougher restrictions. the stuff for mention measures are welcome and now we as the red cross today called out for political leaders to intervene in our speedy courageous and inclusive way to

ensure that these measures are put in place to protect that the health and the social economic status of of the people of france and in many other countries even europe or many countries are being taken little bit by surprise by the iraq surge of cases and so the are many countries are reacting within the deposits 48 hours with new measure that being put in place what he's needed added moment to ease. measures that can reduce the deferred address mission but measures that can also bring people along and this is critical you know order to ensure those measures are actually effective. says another weapon in the fight against covert a 2nd experimental russian vaccine against the virus has officially been registered the epi valve corona vaccine has been developed by the siberia based victor state

research center russia's president vladimir putin and putin made this announcement on wednesday. lucy gives you. the vent to research center in the disappears is registered on the 2nd russian vaccine against corona virus. corona works like a composite sketch of a criminal suspect it contains antigens molecules that train the immune system to recognize the virus being synthesize artificially and so shouldn't pose much danger when it comes to confronting the real virus the immune system should then be ready vaccine is expected to revive long term immunity to go over 19 with more his mirror for national. phase $1.00 and $2.00 of its clinical trials and i'll be behind and here it was a success now phase 3 is coming and it is aimed at studying whether the vaccine is in fact effective we hear that around 40000 volunteers are expected to take part and for that purpose 60000 doses of the drug will be produced this is russian 2nd

registered vaccine the 1st was registered back in august it is known as sputnik all satellite feed and we now hear from its developers that by november russia will be able to produce up to 6000000 doses of basic see maining aid to may take up to 12 months to vaccinate around 80 percent of the country's population and as we hear from russia's president vladimir putin the russian citizens house is among the country's key priorities but. first we need to make these vaccines available on the russian markets they must be supplied to russian pharmacies on as large a scale as possible so we continue to cooperate with our foreign partners and we will promote a vaccine approved as well 50 countries are already interested in russia sputnik the vaccine against call that we hear that from the head of russia's investment fund who just this week returned from the united arab emirates where phase 3 of the

clinical trials of sputnik he was approved. billeted to sputnik. you know war 33 was mean in the issue of participating is definitely very important we believe you we use a strategic hub for fight in colonel not only of the middle east in the world now marie i know that you've been vaccinated yourself degree the 1st russian vaccine can you tell us more about your experience with one of 40000 volunteers taking part in phase 3 of the clinical trials of sputnik here in russia i got 2 injections already until the last moment i didn't know what did i get because it is what is known as a double blind trial meaning placebo is used and only 75 percent of the volunteer is expected to get with a real shot i was hoping of course that i was among them and plus there were some sides side effects in both cases of both injections like had

a fever or muscle pain but till wednesday morning i was not sure and then i got a blood test and the results showed that i have i.g.g. antibodies meaning it was the vaccine that i was injected with and it worked it tricked my body making it believe it was infected while in fact it wasn't a question is for how long my antibodies will stay and i'm happy anyway. hostilities continue between armenia and azerbaijan over the disputed region of the going to cover back to spite an agreed cease fire multisync is done off reports from a cathedral that was hit last week and shows us some civilians caught in the crossfire . the war in the going to care about has not just about trivial territorial gains it's a long lasting it with lots of bad blood between both sides and recently it has spilled into a new turf religious this 19th century only savior cathedral was

a place where soldiers and volunteers alike used to come and pray before heading into battle that made it a target but it wasn't just soldiers who would come to this church the a syrian military was battering the town of shushi at that time so i learned and her family decided to hide from the bombs in the cathedrals crypt one place they thought that was safe from the shelling but they were wrong. does not have to now and there were 7 of us including 2 children when the shell hit procedural it was deafening there was destruction everywhere masonry fell from the series that's all they can remember 2 strikes obliterating everything in their path the altar the benches and one of the domes have been completely destroyed no place is sacred no place is safe in this war not only was this church hit twice but the 2nd strike injured 3 russian journalists one of them is still in intensive care after spending several days in

a coma he believes the hit on them was intentional the streets of shushi bear a striking resemblance to those in other towns of nagorno karabakh it's a place of desolation and despair those who can fight are already on the front lines those who had somewhere to run already have done but alone or doesn't have any choice but to stay another story. we have to fit in this small shelter with a kitchen and badger in the same place we are too scared to go with doors when we hear the sound of the sirens we are rushing here to hide every even in the reason we can hear the shelling people seem to be unfazed by the story state of the cathedral there's plenty of candles still burning. within the half destroyed homes of the church people praying for peace to return to this land sooner rather than later. reporting from nagorno-karabakh artsy. as a by john's president ilham aliyev has gotten to the damage to that historic church

in a going to cover back he says the incident needs to be investigated and that if it was done by his forces it was an intentional. i mean is also accused of shelling a hospital in the disputed region this was on wednesday and it's an attack by denies as a 31st broke out medical staff from different countries rushed to the region r.t. spoke with some russian doctors who are currently in the conflict zone. but then you pressed goodish and it's no easy decision for any doctor to leave behind a content life and go to war here of course it's not hand to hand combat but the threat is there every 2nd and i just followed my heart i went through the 1st war as a student observed military medicine i gained experience in that my the doctors who saved lives i think it was imprinted on my mind having a broad experience in emergency medicine i didn't want to sit idle with you i wanted to share my experience my knowledge and save any life possible video shows

all the good will is going to at 1st sight these are minor injuries small scratches in fact x. rays show us splintered bones and torn muscles all this suggests that the weaponry has changed a lot but there are very few cases of gunshot wounds here basically these are injuries from explosive mines cluster rockets and so on they are high energy explosives which leave incomparable damage. we need conflict broke out over 2 weeks ago but has roots to go back 3 decades with on and off bouts of conflict the contested regions mostly inhabited by ethnic armenians but is legally part of azerbaijan is there a government reported again thursday morning that its territory was being fired upon. it was the sound of a shell hitting the azerbaijani town of according to the government the town in question came under bombardment on wednesday both places the deny violating the

cease fire since the eruption of fighting many people have fled their homes if you don't have chosen to stay. there have been countless attacks this morning they showed our soldiers here luckily they survived that every evening we sit here and watch the shooting 1st coming from the armenian side and then from our side it hit these areas and then it fell on the roofs of our houses there is no fear our soldiers are fighting over there should i be scared here we should not be scared any. rising unemployment climbing death toll that's what the u.k.'s labor party says will come from the p.m.'s coronavirus measures explain after the break. is your media a reflection of reality. in

the world transformed. what will make you feel safe. isolation community. are you going the right way or are you being led. by. what is true what is faith. in the world corrupted you need to descend. to join us in the depths. or a mate in the shallows. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. let it be an arms race is often very dramatic development only really i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk.

back to new day leave record of coronavirus cases on wednesdays it's a past 19000 and p's meanwhile seem unhappy with boris johnson's latest strategy for combating covert a partridge explains from london if coronavirus has taught us and the u.k.'s prime minister one thing it's that it's wise not to joke about it during an impromptu meeting of conservative m.p.'s boris johnson reportedly quit the ruin of 6 social distancing policy would mean families could escape celebrating christmas with their in-laws one of several attempted gags which apparently fell very flat but while some tories rage that government decisions are bankrupting the nation the opposition are worried that those policies are costing the country lives and labor

leaders sakia start a partial return to lock down the government's plan simply isn't working or not of course is needed. that's why i'm calling for a 2 to 3 week circuit breaker in england a circuit breaker is a short period of strict social restrictions aimed at bringing the virus under control this comes after it was revealed the government scientific advisors urged m.p.'s to impose a fortnight long long down as far back as september the 21st instead johnson and as a 3 tier system of measures including a 10 pm pub curfew and advice to work from home with stricter curbs in the worst hit areas and he is ready to lock the country back down the whole point is to speak to seize this moment now to avoid the misery of another national lockdown and i don't want nothing of course in combating the bars but we are going to do with the local and the regional approach the policy as indicated by those tory m.p.'s

concerns is driven by the vast economic burden of the condom make one think tanks predicted that almost 3000000 people will be unemployed by christmas after the chancellor's furlough scheme ends on october the search the 1st while more than 2000000 people in england on the government's shielding list and considered vulnerable to coronavirus due to health issues will mostly be told to take precautions but not to stay at home to the anger of patients groups of people who for example are on it was because well this is simply not so that social worker able to have some protections that is how financial protection you talked about with that is in very high risk areas such as a little closer like that they are not going to work however there's no protection for this new financial support they may be able to get. only a deal is done locally so actually the choice between whether to go to work on

public transport and of course needing to keep her job is very difficult want to make as the situation worsens within the country the government remains on the horns of the ultimate di lemma. how do they save lives without bankrupting the country for boris johnson and everyone this is no laughing matter kate partridge r.t. london. there's a growing resentment in the australian state of victoria over the cove with lockdown measures there so far the government is resisting calls to totally lift the restrictions in place in some of the discontent is being partly driven by the infection rate across the state which has dramatically decreased since august and earlier this month hundreds of australian medical professionals raised concerns over what they call disproportionate and unnecessary restrictions they use the victorian government to immediately loosen the lock down the victorian government's response to the sars c.o.v. to virus is now doing more harm than good these measures will cause more deaths and

result in far more negative health effects than the virus itself left unchecked the victorian government risks creating the state's worst ever public health crisis. victoria is currently aiming for a gradual reopening leaving certain restrictions that in place the specific steps are to be unveiled by the end of this week right now the tightest curves are in the state capital melbourne the people in the city are allowed to go outside only for essential reasons also supposed to stay within about 5 kilometers of their homes unless travelling for work. let's talk about this in more depth now with dr ben molly's a professor of obstetrics and gynecology in melbourne australia welcome dr the number of cases in victoria state reported to be going down since those restrictions were brought him back in august would you credit the lower numbers to the lockdown measures. well definitely you know that the 2nd wave certain restrictions today and just today it's been reduced to 6 new ones should look them

in effect. on the other side of it there you've got this letter from the australian coded medical network saying that there could be even more deaths because of the lock down it might be working short term they say but it will kill more people in the long term what do you think of their point yeah it's supported point i'm very concerned about the look 3 months now. look. children are suffering luckily the school ships reopened this week it is a major step. but we should try to return him as much as possible to normal lives and we believe that can be achieved with the control of. we have seen a surge of cases in countries the did reduce will remove the lock downs is this a case of you're damned if you do you damned if you don't you can argue this are the are the way if tory removes all damages deaths go up and they'll be blamed for

doing it. yeah that's a few slee that took fuselier risk but the question is whether a lot done actually can effectively eliminate. that divide is completely the government the state government said that they're only. working on suppression and not the elimination we seem to target is different realize it's a stray view is an island so the respect and the target you have say virus free islands and there is pressure on the government because other states have a long series of days without. community condemnation and it's close their borders for toria but if we don't create a new south wales sense of story will be completely vives free the world health organizations now currently warning against lockdowns they said the dramatic economic consequences among other things do you think that governments will listen and change strategies based on advice from the will help organize i do we we think

so so that was big in the news. this monday and we are all in victoria looking for a forward to sunday when we're going to hear that there's going to be potential some ease restrictions of at least at this should we expect some some positive steps they're told to be more on the on the social side in the long see more people in general a little bit sort of from home record or just about 5 kilometers now and not so much and on the economic side but yet we're hopeful that we'll. be back in barclays missiles you mentioned is different now because you talking about life on an island when you're trying to balance out the risk from either getting sick maybe dying from the virus or suffering mental health severe impact upon your physical mental well being for an economic impact where do you stand if you're talking about in general what's the best approach to dealing with the virus. so i was think. i'm

a medical specialist and i'm not in a fix is a specialist but out of sync that. little bit too much fear that it's right to siri contagious rocky section fertility rate is not high. and people seem to forget their talks in the media and social media contribute to a lot of fear and. also in a show you're the government does that to us security the risk of desirous in the beginning and we should basically live. it and protect the vulnerable people that is actually it as we see this. talked about mole is my guess thanks so much ben professor of obstetrics and gynecology in melbourne australia thank you thank you. and to finish up for this hour russian photographers want to cover did international awards did so with a once in

a lifetime image of an endangered siberian tiger so they got coughs work is entitled the and brace and you can see why the tigress sent marking an ancient 33 this is in russia's far east it took painstaking 11 months of trial and error to capture the close up of the big cat using motion sensors the british natural history museum chose this piece out of $49000.00 entries or scoffed claiming the wildlife photographer of the year award it more about the more tiger it was pushed to the brink of extinction just a few decades ago because of poaching and deforestation population fell at one point to just a few dozen has recovered somewhat in recent years with the help of strict conservation bulls the species though still class the endangered now around 500 civilian tigers living in the wild in parts of eastern russia. appreciate staying with r.t. don't forget there are plenty more news stories available on a website take some time check out our dot com.

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