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all earlier we spoke with south asia at the international crisis group at least for today on in tbilisi georgia and we asked her whether she has accurate figures of the casualties and injured. we have to rely on the official records of the current pro both sides and according to his official reports in the us for more than 3 weeks a white inc we're having more than up to 100 civilians who died in that was fighting on both sides and there are hundreds of those horrible and it when it comes to the military casualties there are hundreds or those on false science. does not provide the precise information from them but what the what we have been hearing from also says there should be more than colors and for the moment. and that was the caucasus. to the international crisis group well next to a historic mission a now so spacecraft is ready to reach out and make contact with an asteroid over 320000000 kilometers from earth so a long way will the a serious set rex spacecraft is designed to collect samples of the asteroid named big new and then bring them back to earth in 2022 weeks while data and imag

but clashes continue, as rayhan demytrie reports from tbilisi in neighbouring georgia.ces to his country's president the liberation of another piece of territory, which for the past 26 years had been under armenian control. the ancient bridge leads to the border with iran. kara bakh is azerbaijan, he declares. the armenian defence ministry released this footage, which it claims shows the azeri forces advancing on armenian positions early on sunday, in violation of a ceasefire agreed the day before. but things were quieter on sunday in civilian areas in the disputed nagorno—karabakh region. they have been under constant bombardment from azerbaijan in recent days. dozens of civilians and more than 700 armenian servicemen, many of them young recruits, have been killed. translation: there are children dying, women, elderly people. our guys die who are 18,19 years old. stop this war. azeri people have also suffered. this was the scene in ganja, azerbaijan's second largest city, that was struck by armenian missiles on saturday, killing at least 13 civilians and destroying mor

nagorno karabakh. 0ur correspondent rayhan demytrie has been following developments from tbilisi in neighbouring georgiaince the strikes and the rescue operations are still ongoing. some people are unaccounted for. the number of dead has also risen to 14 and more than 55 injured. we have also seen today quite harrowing pictures emerging from azerbaijan, showing the funerals of those people who were killed in the early hours on saturday and that includes small children. similarly, we are getting reports that the shelling of the largest city in the district of nagorno—karabakh, stepanakert, has continued also and the defence ministry is saying that they are targeting civilian infrastructure. so what we are seeing is that tomorrow will mark three weeks since the start of this escalation and what is becoming clear is that without the international mediation, if this countries are left to fight, this conflict will continue to escalate. the british police officer who was poisoned in the nerve agent attack in the english city of salisbury in 2018, is leaving the force. detective sergeant nick bailey was contam

but clashes continue, as rayhan demytrie reports from tbilisi in neighbouring georgia.ation of another piece of territory, which for the past 26 years had been under armenian control. the ancient bridge leads to the border with iran. "kara bakh is azerbaijan," he declares. the armenian defence ministry released this footage, which it claims shows the azeri forces advancing on armenian positions early on sunday, in violation of a ceasefire agreed the day before. but things were quieter on sunday in civilian areas in the disputed nagorno—karabakh region. they have been under constant bombardment from azerbaijan in recent days. dozens of civilians and more than 700 armenian servicemen, many of them young recruits, have been killed. translation: there are children dying, women, elderly people. our guys die who are 18,19 years old. stop this war. azeri people have also suffered. this was the scene in ganja, azerbaijan's second largest city, that was struck by armenian missiles on saturday, killing at least 13 civilians and destroying more than 20 houses. this woman lost her

police in georgia are searching for an armed man who held dozens of people hostage at a bank after hours of negotiations he escaped took $500000.00 with him from forced to walk out as more from tbilisi c.c.t.v. from inside this bank of georgia branchings of d.d. shows a gunman well armed and seemingly well trained terrorizing staff and customers hostage is asked to contact the media. you don't notice i'm going to ground any i mean i mean what they are bitching about you one of them relayed his demands to a t.v. station $500000.00 in cash and safe passage armed police units waited officials pledged with the media to stop broadcasting live from the scene. and you should look on the net is quite limited yes we demand from all media outlets including operators to cut off restrict a live signal in order to ensure the safety of hostages law enforcers and ordinary citizens in order to effectively conduct police measures but there were to be no police measures some hostages were released then after lengthy negotiations allegedly more were freed some clearly traumatized in exchange for cash it's alleged and the local chief of police he and 3 other hostages emerged as human shields with a gun

resolution to the decades old conflict let's join robin 1st year walker who is live in tbilisi in neighboring georgia and robin said tell us more we're getting new reports of fighting and attacks on civilian locations can you bring us up to speed. yes nic i can in azerbaijan we can start there 1st today in the republic in the main territory we know of at least 4 villages all settlements that came. from the side of the armenian forces and also on the median held territory of the disputed territory of going to karabakh a number of places struck with. other forms of munitions and particular step on a kit that's the the regional capital of the school and there they were saying that it was the worst that they had experienced since the fighting began on sunday some injuries that another city as well was accused they accused these areas of firing a particularly lethal. russian rocket attack there has been infrastructure hit a bridge down it looks as if forces are trying to cut off and go in a car back now and media came under attack i've seen pictures of of a minivan that had clear press markings on it. str

tbilisi. c.c.t.v. from inside this bank of georgia branch ins of d.d. shows a gunman well armed and seemingly well trained terrorizing staff and customers hostages were asked to contact the media you know you notice i'm going to ground any i mean i mean what they're bitching about you one of them relayed his demands to a t.v. station $500000.00 in cash and safe passage armed police units waited officials pledged with the media to stop broadcasting live from the scene. and should look on the night of calm and yes we demand from all media outlets including mobile operators to cut off restrict a live signal in order to ensure the safety of hostages law enforcers and ordinary citizens in order to effectively conduct police measures but there were to be no police measures some hostages were released then after lengthy negotiations allegedly more were freed some clearly traumatized in exchange for cash it's alleged and the local chief of police he and 3 other hostages emerged as human shields with a gunman holding what appeared to be a grenade in georgia ther

georgia's most wanted man. in 1st year walker al-jazeera tbilisi. this is al-jazeera these are the top stories france has expanded curfews to more regions as coronavirus cases surge and comes as the country passed a 1000000 infections governments across europe and are grappling with how to deal with a rapidly spreading outbreak there the headlines of votes on the confirmation of u.s. supreme court nominee amy county barrett will be held on monday fast tracked nomination has been one of the key topics in the lead up to the presidential election has an official in washington it was really symbolic it was saying to their supporters look we've tried everything we can and there is not much we can do here in fact the judiciary committee brought their own rules there's meant to be at least 2 members of the democratic minority on the committee when the vote they pushed it through $12.00 to 0 but the senate rules are normally enforceable it will go to the fool senate for a vote on monday the 1st steps in that will be on friday when they will start the moveme

georgia's most wanted man. in 1st year walker al-jazeera tbilisi. and let's take you through some of the headlines here in al-jazeera now u.s. friends than donald trump and is democratic nominee joe biden faced off in their 2nd and final debate of the election campaign they had lively exchanges ranging from the pandemic in the economy to corruption and the election interference voters will decide the winner on november the 3rd we had the best black unemployment numbers in the history of our country hispanic women asian people with diplomas with no diplomas mit graduates number one in the class everybody had the best numbers and you know what the other side wanted to get together they wanted to unify success is going to bring us together we run the road to success but i'm cutting taxes and he wants to raise everybody's taxes and he wants to put new regulations are never think he will kill it if he gets in you will have a depression the likes of which you've never seen. we can grow this economy we can deal with the systemic racism and the same time we

georgia's most wanted man. in 1st year walker al-jazeera tbilisi.let's take you through some of the headlines here in al-jazeera now u.s. friends than donald trump and is democratic nominee joe biden faced off in their 2nd and final debate of the election campaign they had lively exchanges ranging from the pandemic in the economy to corruption and election interference voters will decide the winner on november the 3rd who.

georgia's most wanted man. in 1st year walker al-jazeera tbilisi. half past the hour we'll take you through the headlines and france's prime minister has announced that nighttime curfews are being extended.

georgia's most wanted man. in 1st year walker al-jazeera tbilisi. half past the hour will take you through the headlines and france's prime minister has announced that nighttime curfews are being extended to more regions including overseas french territories in france itself curfews will affect 70 percent of the country's population on thursday france became the 2nd the united nation to have more than a 1000000 confirmed cases spain's health minister is warning of more drastic measures it reached a 1000000 infection market self on wednesday the government is accused of mishandling the crisis but it did survive a no confidence vote in parliament and germany is seeing a rise in infections the daily count there is up above 10000 for the 1st time well above the numbers seen during the 1st wave in march but testing has increased significantly and italy to more than $16000.00 new cases reported there that's a new daily record in the italian region of lombardy which was the worst hit at the beginning of the year a nighttime curfew is in place. in other new

georgia's most wanted man. in 1st year walker al-jazeera tbilisi. little correction there i might have said $500000000.00 in my entrance was 500000. with 500000000 from one bank that would have been quite a story right coming up the new sports news and tampa bay hits back in the world series the baseball and the rest of the sport in a moment. the in. summer is here with a look at your world sport thank you very much by munich have made the winning start to their us champions league title defense he's the common was the star scoring twice to help seal affordable home win over classical and of course didn't have an ideal build up to the game with our forward. missing a from the team after testing positive for covert 19 game was a lie so this is we wanted to win the match today we have done that excellently we are very sovereign and very convincing concerning the last 24 hours at the end the corona virus has also hit other teams therefore we have to stick to hygiene rules and keep on wearing masks and keep distance so there's no other way we can secure

tbilisi what more do you know robin. well around about half past 2 this afternoon a gunman we understand entered the bank georgia drawn in. term in the west about 5 hours drive from where i am now. and he's allegedly. fired shots he's listed to be heavily armed this is it reports of carrying grenades. and automatic weapon of some description or other. and he was in touch with the media that one of the main channels he. was reportedly in touch with 3 times through one of the hostages where he laid out his demands thank you for that update we'll keep an eye on that one with robin foresty walker in tbilisi i think 25 afghan security personnel have been killed in attacks by the taliban according to the government it happened in the northern province of takar the government also says $115.00 taliban fighters have died in the last 24 hours the taliban's been intensifying its attacks in recent weeks even as the peace talks with the afghan government are being held here in doha 40 years in kabul with more on this recent increase in violence. despite repeated calls for a reduction in violence here in afghanistan or even a cease f

political landscape in georgia when those results start coming in polling stations due to close in about 25 minutes adrian serious problem for us here walker reporting live from tbilisi any thanks to robin. iraqi security forces have reopened republic bridge and have cleared tuffy a square and back that protesters have been camped out there for over a year demanding that top politicians step down $24.00 people were arrested during the operation so not a full teen report stuff from back that. republican bridge in baghdad was opened for the 1st time in a year you can see the traffic once again going over the bridge at least in one direction and of course this bridge had a lot of significance in the protest movement it was the main front line between security forces who protected the green zone on the other side of the bridge and the protesters and you can see here the charred concrete blocks that marked the main barricade where protesters faced off with security forces and just a few days ago there were clashes on top of this bridge with protesters throwing molotov cocktails at security forces injuring over $200.00 in the span of just a few days and of course the secur

georgia's most wanted man. in 1st year walker al-jazeera tbilisi poland's top court has ruled having an abortion because official defect says unconstitutional the decision means terminations are now almost totally banned abortions will only be allowed in the case of rape incest or if the pregnancy causes a threat to the mother's health parents' opposition says the tribunals is carrying out the political will of the conservative ruling party fear of him parliament's highest honor for freedom of thought the sacrifice prize has gone to the opposition movement in belarus thousands have been staging nationwide protests and strikes in the country calling for an end to president alexander lukashenko is 26 year rule sonia gig or has this report. an announcement and. it is a great honor to inform you that the conference of the president has decided to give the sachar a prize for freedom of thought to the democratic opposition groups a message there this continued to be strong and continue to fight your fight and your struggle we will stand by your side. and applause a show of unity from the european union which has conde

the bbc‘s rayhan demytrie has the latest from tbilisi in neighbouring georgia.ere was relative calm along the front line, but we have seen some footage published by the azeri defence ministry showing rocket launchers, you know, launching rockets towards nagorno—kara bakh. in terms of the death toll, there are more figures coming from the azeri side, reporting only civilian casualties so far, 16 dead and 55 injured, and on the armenian side, there are also civilian casualties. their death toll on the military side is 103 service men. we are now on the fifth day of this fierce fighting, which started on sunday the 27th of september. now there is kind of more and more evidence that both sides are accusing each other, who started it. but the armenians are saying that the azeris have been preparing for this. there are now more reports about the involvement, alleged involvement of foreign mercenaries from syria. the armenian foreign ministry called on turkey to immediately... they are also accusing turkey of being directly involved on the ground, they have urged turke