-- place in nagorno-karabakh. this we are saw the most intense fighting in 20 years. a report on the aftermath of four days of escalated conflict is reported on. >> reporter: the road into the last armenian controlled village in nagorno-karabakh is littered with the signs of war. military and civilian. this man who didn't want to be named said rockets and shells started raining down on saturday on his home. when the fighting started, the family managed to escape before their house was destroyed. this is where the children slept. families on both sides of the front lines are, armenian and azerbaijan have had for years to endure shoot outs, but it was never as bad as this. the technology of war has changed too. azerbaijan drone struck this van with a rocket. it's driver says his brother had a miraculous escape. >> translation: over there is where the bomb hit. over here is where the car ended up. >> reporter: this man is another survivor, but the 80-year-old doesn't consider himself lucky. he says his home has been

each other of violations. >> reporter: a flurry of diplomacy has followed recent fighting in nagorno-karabakh a trilateral meeting between azerbaijan, russia and iran, foreign ministers discussed the violence. azerbaijan sees an opportunity to kick-start will long stalled process for a comprehensive settlement. >> it's a must have. for everyone recognises that the state employs not only unsustainable, it is unacceptable. soon there will be naive ideas and somebody else that they can keep it as it is forever 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 occupied azerbaijani 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

fighting continues in the azerbaijan and armenia in relation to the nagorno-karabakh region. a boat load of refugees and migrants are rescued off the island of lesbos. we will take you to senegal where some syrian refugees have found a safe place to live. the 40th paris marathon is well underway amid tight security. we will be live along the route. we begin with the fighting between azerbaijan and armenia. the armenian defense ministry says there have been more attacks on sunday morning. dozens of people were killed on saturday which was the worst day of fighting in more than 20 years. azerbaijan says 12 of its soldiers were killed and armenia reported at least 18 dead. both say there have been civilian casualties as well. u.s. and russia calling for calm. the region of nagorno-karabakh is marked on yellow. right in the middle you can see it. it's in the middle of a dispute. armenian, the area was ruled by azerbaijan during the time of the soviet union, but it has been crawled by local armeniaans after a six year war killed an estimated 30,000 people. the shaded area that we'

foreign ministers discuss the violence. -- in nagorno-karabakh. foreign ministers discuss the violence. >> it is a must for everyone. it is recognised that it is not unsustainable the situation is unacceptable. soon there will be ideas that somebody has that they can keep it as it is forever 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

nagorno-karabakh forces are under orders to hold fire. some waiting for the ceasefire to hold is not p an option. it doesn't feel safe for them any more >>> 300 refugees and migrant have been recued from a barge. the italian coast guard was alerted to a boat travelling from egypt in bad weather. those on board including over 100 children were from syria, palestine and egypt as well as other parts of africa. many refugees are still making that dangerous journey to europe dispute a controversial deal between the e.u. and turkey to send people back. boats began transporting refugees from greece back to turkey on monday, but despite the risks involved, some are still trying to cross the aegean sea. harry fawcett witnessed one attempt before the turkish coast. >> reporter: you hear it before you see it. anxiety, exhaustion, desperation. so many children have drowned making this journey yet more still come. even if this is a rare life jacket that floats, it is no use to the tiny body inside. others make do with rubber tubes. even then not every

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

but the nagorno nagorno karabakh, armenian nagorno nagorno karabakhs say they will stay.sist it's their land, and they leave that to the end. and the forces will fight for us. >>> russia says it will support u.n. brokered talks between all sides in the syrian conflict. the russian foreign minister made the pledge to the special envoy. the peace talks have stalled because the syrian negotiators have been unwilling to discuss the possibility of president assad leaving office. he offered praise for russia's involvement in the liberation of palmyra. >> i also want to make a point that [ inaudible ] we are extremely pleased on how -- the indication came from the liberation of palmyra, which has been a symbol of -- for the whole international community appears to be the beginning of freeing areas which are of international value, which we have been waiting for. on that case, that is something that we need to acknowledge. >>> activists in aleppo have confirmed that the only road linking the city to turkey has been cut off by kurdish forces. >> reporter: achmed and his family rel

the region of nagorno-karabakh is marked here on our graphic in yellow. you can see it in the middle there. this is at the center of a decade-long territorial dispute, though predominantly earth in particular armenian it was ruled during azeri forces. it has been controlled by local armenias since 1994 after an estimated 30,000 were killed. the shaded area is linking nagorno-karabakh with armenia. it is the buffer zone. it's controlled by armenia but it's claimed by azerbaijan. the armenian-backed government is accusing azerbaijan of violating the ceasefire. >> reporter: armenian forces report that there have been more tacks by azerbaijan's military. both sides are accusing each other of firing the first shots on saturday. they blame each other for violating a 1994 ceasefire that ended a six-year war for the regions. >> it was a violation of the ceasefire regime, the international law, international humanitarian law and geneva conventions, because whatever he has done in the zone of azerbaijan conflict was a manifestation of terrorism and against policy.

nagorno-karabakh forces are, we are told, under orders to hold fire. for some of those who live here, waiting for the ceasefire to hold is not an option. it simply doesn't feel safe for them any more >>> coming up after the break on al jazeera, the fallout from the panama paper scandal continues. u.a.f.a. is raided. banning bollywood, a request from pakistani film producers. say with us. say with us. >>> welcome back. a recap of our top stories on al jazeera. the syrian army and its allies have launched a major offensive against rebels south of aleppo countryside. it's the biggest government operation in the area since a partial ceasefire came into effect in late february. in bangladesh a law student who expressed secular views on line has been killed. he was hacked with mcchettis and shot to death. the e.u. treaty with ukraine has been voted against. 300 refugees and migrants have been rescued from a barge. the italian coast guard was alerted to a boat travelling from egypt in bad weather. those on board, including over 100 children, were from syria,

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 on january 25 and his body was found in a ditch nine days later. what is the latest right now? >> reporter: this is the second day of these meetings that they're having and it's expected to only take part until early this afternoon. going back

thee were actually destroyed during the terrible war over nagorno-karabakh, ns in azerbai. many thousands of ar azerbaijan, became refugees. all of these buildings completely destroyed, no trace left really of any fact that the azaris lived here too. but the nagorno-karabakhis, insist it's their land and they believe it to the end. the armenian and be are azaris believe that. >> high jaking of an egyptian plane ended peacefully after a six hour standoff. >>> the netherlands, and ukraine, dutch people should have a voice on policies like eu expansion and aid packages. al jazeera's dominic cain reports from thawing. >> its results will only be advisory and the government can ignore it but this referendum matters. do dutch voters want to ratify the eu's association agreement with ukraine? every other eu state has done so. without assent from the netherlands, the government in kiev cannot benefit fully from deeper trade routes with the eu. told me why a yes vote is so important. >> we have to support ukraine the ukrainian people. they stood on ma meand maidan st was in the inte

nagorno-karabakh has been under the control of local, ethnic armearmenian forces since the ef full-scale war in 1994. here are some of the other stories making headlines around the world. thousands of residents have fled from congo's capital, brazville, after fighting erupted. streams of people left districts loyal to the opposition, which is contesting last month'sful election. a government spokesperson said that former members of the so-called ninja militia attacked military police and administrative offices. the nigerian army says it has arrested the leader of al-nusra, a splinter group of boko haram boko haram. he was reportedly apprehended in the city of loki. the militant group is notorious for its high-profile killings and attacks of western interests. we're going to take a break. >> welcome back, everyone. you're with developin dw news, m berlin. the secretive law firm of mossack fonseca, in panama. tax authorities across the globe are launching investigations after leaked documents from the firm revealed how tens of thousands of wealthy people hide their money in offshore compan

hours of nagorno karabakh. this is is a rocket fired from an unmanned drone. this is what happened from the vehicle that it struck. now this belongs to the mayor of this town. his family told me that he set off in the early morning hours when the shooting and firing started to help to evacuate families from a nearby village. he didn't get very far. but i want to say one thing, he is alive. and some how he managed to survive the attack. earlier in the week i reported that he had been killed. that was a mistake. well, i can only say that mistakes get made in the fog of war. we managed to get out because of the cease-fire. the mayor is lucky to be alive. >> syrian military has released video pro porting to sho show{^l" ^} al-qaeda-linked al nusra front. >>> meanwhile, armed syrian opposition groups say they've pushed back a large offensive by bashar al-assad's troops and allied fighters in southern aleppo countryside. well, heavy fighting has prompted rights groups to warn that the city could face a devastating si

fighting continues in the azerbaijan and armenia in relation to the nagorno-karabakh region. a boat load of refugees and migrants are rescued off the island of lesbos. we will take you to senegal where some syrian refugees have found a safe

for any final comprehensive settlement to have a chance at success, azerbaijan, armenia and nagorno karabakhwill 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 use of drying machines and use hair dryers for special occasion and half the time in the next 60 days. do you think, women, this is possible? >> the reservoir provi

diplomatic steps are being stepped up between the armenia and azerbaijan forces in nagorno-karabakh. the truce is in its fourth day but both sides are accusing each other of violations. >> reporter: a flurry of diplomacy has flowed at a trilateral meeting between azerbaijan, russia and iran. foreign ministers discussed the violence. azerbaijan sees an opportunity to kick-start the long stalled process for a comprehensive settlement. >> it is a must and for everyone it's recognised that status quo is not only unsustainable, it is unacceptable. soon there will be naive ideas and somebody else that they can keep it as it is forever 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

this footage was taken in a controlled part of the nagorno-karabakh. it shows the damage caused by the flesh complicate there-- fresh conflict there. arnl says there have been more attacks. a political analyst is joining us now from baku. this line of contact, obviously, remains tense. so when is a ceasefire not a ceasefire. one side were saying we are going to stop pulling the triggers and the other side was saying that's nothing more than an information trap. so what is it request in your mind? >> i think currently the ceasefire, it is an ongoing tensions between the two sides, but small fighting, but i think it will be resolved in a few days more, in the next few days >>> resolved in what way and will that resolution last because multiple attempts at peace over the past two decades have failed. >> yes. it's true. there's a lack of trust between the parties and most things is that there is lack of proactive talk to mediators. they want to stop the escalation not to lead into the war between the parties. right now the question is not who fired the fir

on tuesday the two countries agreed to stop fighting in the disputed nagorno-karabakh region after four days of conflict. they say the ceasefire held over night. the azerbaijan defense ministry is reporting 115 armenian violations in the past 24 hours. riot police in bahrain have fired tear gas. demonstrators had blocked roads and hurled stones at forces. they were among mourners who attended the funeral of a teenage boy. the opposition in iceland is renewing its calls for a snap general election after the resignation of the prime minister over the revelations over his an his wife's financial arrangements in panama. he is the first political casualty after the panama papers showed the premier's wife owned an offshore companies with big claims on ice land's banks. nerpdz, an undeclared-- in other words, an undeclared conflict of interest. >> reporter: it is as far as you can imagine from iceland to the british virgin islands, but the attempts by the prime minister here to help hide his wife's wealthed there have finally caught up with him. she runs an ice-cream parlour. her sell out is c

it's the worst outlake of violence in more than 20 years over the disputed nagorno-karabakh region. our correspondent reports >> reporter: despite claims of a ceasefire by azerbaijan, armenian forces report that there have been more attacks by azerbaijan's military. both sides are accusing each other of firing the first shots on saturday. they blame each other for violating a 1994 ceasefire that ended a six-year war. >> it was a dire violation of the ceasefire regime, international law, international humanitarian law and geneva convention >> reporter: some have called it the frozen conflict. it began with a decision soviet leader joseph stahlin made in 1922. he placed the enclave of the area inside the newly created azerbaijan. christian armenians and muslim azerris lived in peace. then in the 80s, armenians held a national referendum for independence from azerbaijan and self-rule. azerbaijan says p said the region did not have the legal right and sent in its military to retake the area. thousands of muslim people from the area were forced to flee and after years of fighting and mor

both countries claim the nagorno-karabakh region, a landlocked area surrounded by azerbaijan, but mainly occupied by forces backed by armenia. at least 30 people from both country were killed in clashes between armed forces on saturday, should say, in 1994, the cease-fire ended in armed conflict that had lasted for six years. the u.s. and russia are urging diplomatic solutions. >> it was a violation of the cease-fire between the international law, international humanitarian law and the nations because of what the official has done in the zone of the azerbaijan-nagorno-karabakh conflict. the conspicuous intervention in tourists and policy. >> at the same time, azerbaijan blame the armenians for starting saturday's clashes. >>> to a possible new clue in the mystery of the mystery malaysia flight mh370. a piece of debris was found an island nation and may explain what happened to the plane. hotel workers found the piece of wreckage on a beach on thursday. you'll remember 239 people were on board when the flight disappeared in 2014. cnn's aviation correspondent, richard quest, has more. >> r

they have agreed to cease fighting in nagorno car nagorno karabakh region. azerbaijan have reported 115 armenian violations in the last 4 hours. --in the last 24 hours. >> i hope armenia will respond to azerbaijan's efforts to stop the armed clashes. but if it does not respond and so far there is no response, this crime is armenia's fault. iraq sairussia is taking sides. it took sides in ukraine and now syria. >> we have this update from the outskirts. >> walking through the early hours last saturday when fighting broke out across the front lines. this is the impact of a record that we believe fired from an unman drone. this is what happened to the vehicle that it struck. now, this man's family told me that they set off in the early hours when the shooting and firing started to try to help evacuate families from nearby village. he didn't get very far. but i want to say one thing. he is alive. and some how he managed to survive the impact of the drone rocket, which entered the back of the van. earlier this week i reported that he was killed. that was a mistak

. >> armenia is accusing azerbaijan of attacking in nagorno-karabakh.he ethnic armenian enclave seen here in brown lies inside azerbaijan's borders but it is controlled by separate wifts ties to armenia, set up as a de facto independent state after a six-year war. despite a truce in 1994, tension lingers on. fighting began again in the region on saturday. azerbaijan says 12 soldiers were killed while armenia reported at least 18 dead. both sides say they have been civilian casualties. the conflict threatens to pull iningly major powers. russia has several basis. turkey backs azerbaijan whose people are ethnic turks. more on that in just a moment. first, a report on the day's developments despite claims after cease-fire by azerbaijan, there is a record that there have been more attacks by azerbaijan's military. both sides are accusing each other of firing the first shots on saturday. they blame each other for violating a 1994 cease-fire that ended a six-year war. >> it was a violation of the cease-fire regime. about a can had in the. some called it the f

heavy fighting in the nagorno-karabakh region. and a helicopter is shot down.stroyed. both sides accuse each other of breaking a cease-fire that had brought calm to the region for years. >> it was a clear violation of the cease-fire regime, the international law, international humanitarian law and the geneva conventions. because whatever official has done in the zone of azerbaijan conflict was a conspicuous manifestation of terrorist and anti-armenian policy. >> reporter: but the foreign ministry says armenia is to blame, quote, armenian armed forces shelled the settlements near the front line where civilians closely live. the action by the armenian side killed and injured several civilians, damaged personal property. as an aggressive country, armenia bears responsibility for the current situation. end quote. it's been in dispute for years. the land is landlocked and claimed by azerbaijan but controlled by ethnic armenians who are backed financially and militarily by armenia. a 1994 cease-fire ended conflict that had lasted for since years, leaving tens of thou

. >>> the worst violence in two decades kills dozens in the instituted region of nagorno-karabakh. hello. welcome. you're watching al jazeera live from our headquarters here in doha. i'm peter dobbie. running out of patience, protests by people in greece about the refugee crisis. why nows of colombiasns oppose peace talks with the farc rebels. brussels airport opens 12 days after being attacked by suicide bombers. there has been renewed fighting between azerbaijan and armenia over the disputed caucuses region of nagorno-karabakh. the armenia dn defense ministry says there were attacks on sundays morning. dozens of people were killed on saturday. it was the worst fighting in 20 years. azerbaijan says soldiers were killed. both say there have been civilian characters as well. the region of nagorno-karabakh here on our map you can seep it there clearly marked in yellow. it is at the heart of a long territorial disputed. they're dominated by ethnic armenians. it has been controlled by locals since a ceasefire back in 1994. that followed a six-year war that killed an estimated 30,000 pe