z. office is going undercover as 6 workers and customers to fight 6 trade. fears of a health care collapse hospital workers and friends protest when dealing resources in the fight against cope with 19. it is a measure that can be beneficial to see what happens i think it is not enough the curfew is not the only problem we lack hospitals that cannot be magic sounds about right it is the responsibility of all ministers and president. 6 years after the mh 17 plane tragedy russia steps away from talks with the netherlands and australia claiming neither wants to reestablish the facts also ahead. 2 strikes obliterating

everything in. the old the benches and one of the domes have been completely destroyed and a decades old conflict bursts back into life in nagorno car a pot car t.c.'s firsthand the damage of war between armenia and azerbaijan since hostilities resumed in late september. and despite the ceasefire shells still fall on the azerbaijani controlled territory as fighting continues. its 2 am here in moscow and you're watching r t international time donald quarter welcome to the program. starting in europe health workers in france say the country hasn't learned its lesson from the 1st wave of covert 19 there protesting a lack of hospital resources still needed to a. actively fight the pandemic it comes after new curfews were announced in

a number of big cities charlotte dubinsky reports from paris but the protesters here all forming what is a nationwide day of protest by health workers across falls and they are protesting because they say they are simply exhausted exhausted by not just the 1st wave of the could 19 pandemic but then having to catch a polar appointments during the summer and now they're facing this 2nd wave and they say that it is worcester never. say that the government has been treating them like fools they all few years saying that there are not enough stuff in the hospitals and they don't being paid enough so the government did bump up pay for health workers by around 90 euros a month from september but the health would you say that just isn't enough to compensate them for the sheer volume of work that they do you know most of the danger they putting themselves in at the moment and they demanding a massive recruitment drive and

a significant pay increase no own wednesday night president a good knowledge the health workers last facing a dire situation this is what he had to say. our emergency rooms and our hospitals are in a more worrying situation than in march because we don't have a reserve of beds which is why we have to take measures that are more strict. now in a bid to try and ease the pressure on the hospitals in the fact that there are sometimes more than 20000 people a day testing positive for 19 with a few 100 people a day go into hospitals present i know that there would be a curfew in the worst hit areas of frogs that is knowing regions across the country including here in paris the curfew is going to come into force on saturday and it will be activated from 9 pm every evening until 6 am in the morning those people who are not authorized to be outside or face fines of 135 years for

a 1st offense but that could go up to 1500 euros for repeated offenders the idea that they want to try and fight the virus to keep people in at night now i've been speaking some of the health workers here and they are convinced that it could if you is going to help them reduce the number of people who need hospital treatment because of the pandemic we also that it is a measure that can be beneficial but who see what happens i think it is not enough . the curfew's not the only problem we lack hospital bats yes coburn 1000 is something dramatic but that's not the only thing that affects the hospitals it is the destruction of public services and the destruction of hospitals as well the curfews not going to solve the problem. since the start of the coronavirus crisis nothing was clearly done the number of hospital beds was not increased and is not the folds of

a lack of training nursing staff cannot be magic's out of the hat it is the responsibility of all ministers and president. well this comes home the same day that the office is in the home of the current health and. and the current director of health as well as the former prime minister of france and the former health minister of france well all searched by the police this is part of an investigation that's taking place into whether they handled the crisis at the beginning of the code 900 pandemic correctly or not there are allegations that they're facing that they didn't do their job they didn't protect people in france but the fact that they didn't give out face must in fact the advice doing the face wait for the pandemic was only 12 facemask if you have to prove it 19 or you suspected that you had it so they're saying that there was a problem but they are now facing charges that they. even voluntary homicide and in danger in the life if any of them all found guilty of that they could face up to 2

years in jail and face a fine of 300000 euros at the protests the nationwide protests taking place across france today health workers once again out on the streets demanding more stuff a move paid in the face of the 19 pandemic. russia's quick talks with australia and the netherlands over the downing of malaysian airlines flight m.h. 17 the tragedy which claimed almost 300 lives took place over eastern ukraine in 2014 a murder trial is currently under way involving 3 russians on ukrainian accused of involvement earlier my colleagues maria fanaa and saw taylor outlined the details. it is explained in the document the last straw for russia was the government of the netherlands filing a lawsuit against russia in the european court for human rights alleging mosca had played their role in the mh 17 passenger airplane crash back in 2014 russia denies all the allegations accusing the now the lens of being interested in

only putin all the blame on russia rather than fighting the truth here's the russia's foreign ministry the dutch move is considered yet another blow to russian dutch relations and the hague court's determination contrary to common sense is to continue on the wrong path of unilateral attribution of responsibility to russia for what happened in the sky above donbass such unfriendly acts by the netherlands make it senseless for us to continue to participate in the 3 way consultations responsibility for the breakdown of the consultations those lies entirely with the hague will receive the netherlands reaction they say they deeply regret that russia to decision but by the way in the same announcement of russia's foreign ministry it is explained that the only are right now out of this consultation team that they will continue to wait in ways they never lend services involved in the investigation 6 years has passed what do we know about the tragedy well i remember

that day july 17th 20143 months off to kiev launched what it called a massive counter terror in eastern ukraine using ad the ation havea tillery tanks i was there on the ground since day one and i remember how quickly turning into a very bloody deadly operation the situation on the ground was boiling it was really dramatic the real war in fact was raging when these tragedy happened about eastern ukraine the investigation has been going on every since and to today we did not know exactly what had happened these are the key points.

so and together and forces were very quick to accuse a child. back position. and according to the joint investigation team the plane was brought down by book surface to air. from the rebel controlled territory but interesting is that no satellite supporter. that russia has been complaining repeatedly that the netherlands do not accept russia russia's materials he is russia's president vladimir putin talking about it whatever the present it doesn't say anything we have. presented no one wants to listen to us and unless there is. we will not find the right response to the questions that still

remain on. the tragedy of. the people. who would believe that. such incidents are unacceptable so you understand what we hear today from russia's foreign ministry didn't start yesterday all this. misunderstanding has been piling for months and years moscow's have long time reservations about it does anyone else in the. questioning investigation malaysia airline and malaysia is supporting. the whole investigation and the investigation is politicized from the. we see too much politics in it the idea was not to find how did this happen when all that but you seem to be content. to be in the on rush or headed me in a new troop by the examinee and making conclusions we. accept

here we have these who have some political interests in the matter what is important now is that yes russia is out of 3 way consultations at mosco says it is open and ready to cooperate with another that services another country services anybody involved in the investigation and anybody interested in finding the truth we got reaction to russia quoting the talks from a number of politicians and analysts. well school feels that it judgement has already been made by the dutch and by the australians and that russia is guilty and norther option should be considered and the new conclusive evidence and therefore russia is seeing that despite all the information and data handed over by the russians it doesn't make any just a difference to the fact that that date has been basically made by the dutch the stroh's that russia is that way and that's the source of the frustration which is

meant to break russia. is very sensible to pull out it should not pull them actually the dutch need to answer the question as to why they were taking this process beyond the investigation they were running with the russians at one point and the australians there was a little trial that was looking into the matter and then the dutch ran away from that investigation and decided to cook it up status for the european court of human rights why was far too early we can see clearly that there is a one sided investigation and of course it's necessary if you want to find out what happened to all evidence original presented doesn't matter by which side are taken into account i would like if the international community of the united nation or anyone who could be independent would really find a way or an instance which independently takes into account every evidence which is brought on the table. armenia and azerbaijan continue to level accusations against

each other in a decades old territorial dispute that sparked back to life just weeks ago don i've travelled to a cathedral in the garden a car back that now bears the scars of a recent exchange in the conflict. the war in the going to care about has not just about trivial territorial gains it's a long lasting beauty 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 cathedral script one place they thought that was safe from the shelling but they were wrong. does not it now there were 7 of us including 2 children when the shell hit the cathedral it was deafening

there was destruction everywhere masonry fell from the searing that's all they can remember 2 strikes have literally eating 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. then the hoff destroyed the rules of the church people praying for peace to return to this land sooner rather than later because don of reporting from the going to come back. azerbaijan's president has claimed if his forces were responsible for the attack on that church it was unintentional he also called for an investigation into how it happened meanwhile bako has accused armenia of a shelling attack on its territory. that footage comes from the town of turtur which came under bombardment this week according to the azerbaijani government both nations deny violating the cease fire the fighting has forced many to flee to safety although some have decided to take

their chances and stay behind. they've been countless attacks this morning they showed us soldiers here luckily they survived everything we see here and watched the shooting 1st coming from the armenian summit and then from these areas and then it fell on the roofs of our houses there is new fear soldiers afflicting you've been there why should we be scared here we should not be. contested region is mostly inhabited by ethnic our main ians but is legally recognized as a part of azerbaijan when hostilities 1st resume to international medical staff offered their help we heard from some of those medics right now in the conflict zone. at the new edition 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 i just followed my heart i went through the 1st war as a student observe military medicine i gained experience and admired 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 i wanted to share my experience my knowledge and save any life possible goes all the good it was going to at 1st sight these are minor injuries small scratches in fact the x. rays show a splintered bones into her nostrils all this suggests that the weaponry has changed a lot there are a few cases of gunshot wounds here basically these are injuries from explosive mines cluster rockets and so one they're high energy explosives which leaf in comparable damage where my colleagues and i have been here since day one of the war and honestly we work 247 at the hospital i can't understand the enthusiasm of some to continue this war even if people don't die there are still those seriously injured and adequate response is needed here to ensure

a way to end all of this. was a monstrous all wars are appalling it's horrifying health damage the bodies of soldiers of that brought in more and more young guys with horrible injuries some will die some will be disabled it is very hard from a psychological point of view it's a real shock for us even though it was the we're used to pay. bigger death tolls and chronic unemployment that's what the u.k. is opposition says will come from the prime minister's escalating coronavirus measures more on that among our stories after the break. the confirmation process that will most likely see judge bear become the next supreme court shows news is in full swing. in their liberal media casts doubt over the proceedings legally there are doubts don't have any merit whatsoever oh never

this is don't want to play simply says the supreme court has been little size maybe forever and back to the poor is really. seemed wrong. but. just don't. get to shape out these days become active. and engaged equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground.

welcome back to the program now russia has vowed to respond to new british and e.u. sanctions over the alleged nerve agent poisoning of kremlin critic alex a no fault me the penalties target 6 russian individuals and one state and city moscow has repeatedly denied its involvement. michigan year sidesteps won't be left without a suitable response we would like to remind you that it was believed in which is openly shared in its internationalist possibilities to assist russia in investigating the incident which happened to russian citizens and what used story to deliver accusations. and threats against our country once again taking the lead role in empty russian sanctions among the e.u. and other international bodies fancy for the european council house confident that it will be putting in place sanctions against russia for the alleged poisoning of alexina violently we pretty much knew this was coming it was approved by the 27

member states foreign ministers on monday the council putting the rubber stamp to it on thursday what the sanctions will do is they'll target 6 senior officials and warn organization they will be taking the form of travel bans and asset freezes they are the type of sanctions the e.u. committee the council can push through unilaterally following the announcement from brussels there was also an announcement from london where the united kingdom has also said that they will be imposing similar sanctions against similar entities for what they say is the use of a chemical weapon by russia now what this is perhaps more interesting for is what the russian reaction will be earlier in the week we heard from said again lover of the russian foreign minister who suggested that there could be a suspension of diplomatic ties between moscow and brussels should the sanctions be put in place he also said that russia would be assessing how it did business in

europe last time there was no go through a process the question is not just whether business as usual is possible but whether any business with the european union is possible at all the e.u. behaves arrogantly towards us and looks condescendingly down at russia demanding answers from us for all the crimes it imagines we have committed i think we're under no obligation to response about. the sanctions were proposed by france and germany in the document put forward berlin and paris say that they're looking to target individuals responsible for the poisoning of mr and the family also a body involved in the chemical weapons program. russia must continue to explain itself over the attack on alexina valmy and the use of a banned chemical warfare agent much more than has been the case so far and we've repeatedly emphasized that such behavior cannot remain without consequences and therefore sanctions were decided by the e.u. unanimously and very quickly russia denies the allegations that have been made

against it moscow sent for official requests to berlin for germany to share the information the evidence that germany says it has of the poisoning of alexei navalny russian needs that information they say in order to carry out an investigation the russian foreign minister has encouraged his european partners to observe well the set standard of international law if you will so you'll see easier produce of than a valley case is totally unacceptable 5 e.u. countries claim they have established the truth but when we request them to provide evidence of their conclusions they say this is outrageous so let me be clear what we want is for the e.u. in germany to abide by international law there are the conventions on cooperation in criminal probe we appeal to those conventions asking germany to abide by the norms of international law and germany basically replies by saying you know what you have international law but we have our own rules and the rule is this if you

don't believe you are guilty it was back in august that alexei in the family took ill on a flight from siberia to moscow he was brought here to berlin where he spent 2 weeks in an induced coma receiving treatment of a shot at a hospital he was discharged last week as he continues to recover here in the germ . capital moreover more questions are being raised about what exactly happened to him and who was behind what happened to him everybody is a little bit surprised that we so to any of the results when you prove you decide to sanction and this decision in fact is deciding of weakness of the european what it. is just to how the steps. sanction between russia and europe and we so that in europe institution there is some countries or there is some members of european parliament who want to have

a difficult relation and want to make dungeon between europe and russia. a new coronavirus milestone was passed in the u.k. on wednesday after the country clocked up its highest daily number of infections so far more than 100000 it comes as parliament is turning increasingly frustrated at the government's handling of the health crisis kate partridge reports 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 the government decisions are bankrupting the nation the opposition are one of those policies are costing the country lives and labor leader. wants

a partial return to lock down the government's plan simply isn't working another 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 we stood to 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 pound demick one think tanks predicted that almost 3000000 people will be unemployed by christmas after the chancellor's furlough scheme ends on october the 31st 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 we're simply not at it so you know work are able to have some protections that is how financial protection you talked about 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 his 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 once in

a as the situation worsens within the country the government remains on the horns of the ultimate dial emma. how do they save their lives without bankrupting the country for boris johnson and everyone this is no laughing matter partridge r.t. . for more up to the moment news developments check out r t on our social media channels thanks for watching r.t. international hope to catch you again at the top of the hour. i never played high and low poker that's when the low hand and the high hand. so we've got a situation in the global economy right now where in the currency markets various countries are trying to win with the worst possible hand let's see how this works

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