so far russia has been unable or unwilling to push as hard as azerbaijan wants. armeniashows little signs of leaving the breakaway regions. for any final comprehensive settlement to have a chance at success, azerbaijan, armenia and nagorno karabakh will have to put behind years of bad blood and take on the risk of compromise. it's not clear that moment has been reached yet. al jazeera, azerbaijan. >> for the next two months venezuelans will begin their weekends on fridays. the government's decision is an effort to curb power consumption as the main hydroelectri hydroelectric dam hits historic lows. >> it's hard to imagine that grooming habits might solve the electricity problem. >> this is a problem that has been foretold for ten years and of which advocate measures have never been taken. it's not something that blow drying our hair can help. >> but rent announcements show that it just might be the case. on wednesday the government cut short of the working he week for the next 60 days, and president nicolÁs maduro asked women to stop drying their hair. >> diminish the us

or unwilling to push them hard. armenia shows little signs of abandoning its protection of azerbaijan's ethnics in nagorno-karabakh. the guns are mostly silent now, but renewed violence could conceivably pull them into the fighting with even more destructive prospects for the reason. for any final settlement to have a chance of success, they will have to put behind them years of bad blood and take on the domestic political risks of a commitment to compromise. it's not clear that moment has been reached yet >>> still ahead on al jazeera, long weekend, we will tell you why venezuelans are about to get a three-day weekend. y weekend. >>> welcome back. the top stories. a second batch of migrants have left greece as part of an e.u. deal to reduce the numbers reaching europe. the first boat set sail for turkey. turkey's parliament has just approved the onward transfer enabling ankara to send the men back to pakistan. hundreds of protesters are demanding the resignation of argentina's president who has been implicated in the panama papers scandal. the public prosecutor will investigate his connections to offshore accounts

armenia and russia. let me read what recep tayyip erdogan's. he said we prevail or brothers whether prevail with the least clashes. turkey backing azerbaijan. if it escalates will you hope for the interference of armenia and russia. >> we hope the conflict will not flow over the boundaries. it's important to take steps to cool down the situation and cease of tire. -- cease the fire and stop negotiations and have a new forum implying resumption of full-scale and full-fledged communication. i want to underscore the republic and the russian federation. they don't have bilateral agreements. on this conflict we are on our own forces. we have the connections and are part of the armenian home. on various occasions we have places by the armenian soldiers. as of now we deal with the aggression, and we hope that it will take steps to make sure that this conflict doesn't spillover and lead to a bigger disaster. >> you are speaking to us from the u.s. as we heard in the reports, there's an interesting status, it's a de facto state. out not really. the u.s. doesn't recognise the republic. what is it that you hope to achieve with a piece process, independ

or unwilling to push him as hard as he wants. armenia shows little sign of abandoning its protection of azerbaijan's ethnic armenians in the nagorno-karabakh. the guns are silent now but renewed violence could pull turkey in the fighting with even more destructive prospects for the region. for any final comprehensive settlement to have a chance of success, azerbaijan, armenia and nagorno-karabakh will have to put behind them years of bad blood and take on the domestic political risks of a commitment to compromise. it's not clear that moment has been reached yet >>> to iraq where half a million people in fallujah are facing starvation. many have been forced to make soup from grass due to food shortages >>> saudi arabia's king is in egypt's capital on a five-day state visit. he and sisi will be discuss economic and military cooperation. saudi arabia is expected to sign a 20 million dollar feel to finance egypt's petroleum needs for the next five years. while that is happening, officials in egypt have given italian police a 2,000 page report on their investigation into the torture and the death of an italian student in cairo. he disappeared o

or for a long period of time. then it will be more clashes and so. >> reporter: what azerbaijan wants is for pressure to be put on armenia to withdraw its army from occupiedrbaijani territory. the country best positioned to apply that pressure is russia. moscow has lobbied hard for both sides to step back from the brink of all-out war. it has strong relations with armenia. >> translation: undoubtedly we are more interested, perhaps more than any other foreign partners of the partners, that this conflict is resolved as soon as possible. those that suffer are displaced people, people who live in the region and the region itself. its integrity as a transit infrastructural region is under mind. the p.m. was meeting his counterpart. russia has been unable so far to push it as hard as it wants. arm shows little scien of abandoning its protection of azerbaijan's ethnic armenian's in the breakaway region of nagorno-karabakh. the guns are mostly silent now, but renewed violence could conceivably pull russia and azerbaijan's turkey into the fighting with even more destructive prospects for the reason. >> reporter: for any final settlement to have a chance of succes

or unwilling to push as hard as they want. armenia shows little signs of protecting them in the regions. the guns are mostly silent now. renewed violence could pull russia and azerbaijaninto the fighting with more destructive prospects for the region. >> for a settlement to have a chance of success. they'll have to put goodnight them years of bad blood, and take on the risks of compromise. >>> thousands of greek public sector workers held a 24 hour protest against austerity measures. schools from closed, and hospitals only taking emergency cases. >> reporter: civil servants are leading the march against austerity. creditors say the government has to cut the equivalent of 1% of g.d.p. and raise another percentage. if they passed the pensions bill we'll bring everything to a halt. there aren't enough doctors and nurses. greeks lose half the salary to taxes, and consumer taxes were the highest in europe. the average greek pension fell by half. the government wants to restrict the new cuts to 2.5% of that. it's imposing $2 billion of consumer tax rights. the impact on pensioners is greater. some retirees. those that can use their pensions to use the wider family. i hope t

or for long period of time. then it will be more outbreaks of the clashes and so on. >> reporter: what azerbaijan wants is for pressure to be put on armenia to withdraw its army from azerbaijan country. the country best to apply that pressure is moscow. moscow has lob owed hard for both sides to step back from the brink of all out war-- lobbied hard for both sides. >> translation: we are more interested than any other that this conflict is resolved as soon as possible. these who suffer are the displaced people that live in the region. its integrity as a transit infrastructural region is under mined. the prime minister was to meet his armenian counterpart. he warned against allowing the conflict to slide into what he called a hot phase. so far russia has been unable or unwilling to push him as hide as he wants. the guns are mostly silent now, but renewed violence could conceivably pull russia and azerbaijan's turkey into fighting with even more destructive prospects for the region. for any final settlement to have success, they will have to put behind them years of bad blood and take on the domestic political risks of a commitment to compr

or long period of time. then it will be more outbreaks of the clashes. >> reporter: what azerbaijan wants is for pressure to be put on armenia to withdraw its army from occupied azerbaijani territory. the company to apply that pressure is russia. moscow has lob eeld for both sides to step back from the brink of all-out war. it has strong relations with armenia. >> translation: we are more interested, perhaps more than any other foreign partners of the two countries, that this conflict is resolved as soon as possible. those that suffer are displaced people, people who live in the region and the region itself. its integrity as a transit region is undermined. >> reporter: russian prime minister was meeting his armenian counterpart. he warned allowing the conflict to slump into what he called a hot phase. armenia shows little sign of abandoning its protection of azerbaijan's ethnic armenians in the breakaway region of nagorno-karabakh. the guns are mostly silent now, but they can be pulled into the fighting with even more destructive prospects for the region. for any final settlement to have a chance of success, arz, armenia and

or so. the kremlin basically put out a statement saying that all the warring sides here should immediately stop. it's interesting that both of the leaders of armenia and azerbaijan have been in washington recently. they have been meeting with the state secretary, john kerry, and john kerry urged them to resolve this conflict, to put it to bed, to stop it forever because it has been dragging on for so long. quite what that meant for this particular flare-up is difficult to say at the moment. is it significant? we don't know. it's just we have to wait and see exactly what happens with this proposed cessation of hostilities that the azeris say that that they will engage in. will it stick? they will only persevere with it if the other side does so as well. the fighting is still going on in the region on sunday >>> thanks very much. let's talk now on the news hour to a member of the armenia opposition party. the azeris are officially on ceasefire. they've either achieved what they wanted to or someone said to them you've got to pull the plug on what you're doing. do you think it will hold. >> i think that there is a very clear understanding what the azerbaijani side

difficult to get independent information coming out of this region and coming from either side, azerbaijan or armenia. both of them are very good at playing an information campaign. we have to be careful about how we treat the figures, in fact, coming out of this conflict >>> thanks very much. protesters in idome nishgs have been-- idomeni have asked for answers in relation to the refugees. >> reporter: attitudes are changing, compassion has given way to anger. at first solidarity with thousands of refugees and migrants, but now the people here are telling the government here that livelihoods are at risk. some are furious. they say their quiet town no long yr belongs to them. -- longer belongs to them >> translation: when they came here we embraced them and gave them things. now our lives are unbearable. we're scared to allow our children to play in the streets. no-one explains to us why they are staying here. >> reporter: the refugees and migrants have been living in the fields close to the border for weeks. farmers have lost their income. they can't employee their land. the people in the village sa