of nagorno-karabakh this is located in the caucasus region south of russia now we also heard from baku that they have vowed to crush what it called 'd its enemy and that they were they would respond very cruelly actually now the thing is both yerevan and baku are accusing each other of full responsibility for this explosion of hostilities. as it was only launched a counter offensive along the entire front to suppress amenia activity and ensure the safety of the civilian population are to have a shall and again across the line of contact early this morning civil and settlements also being fired on we declare that our response will be proportionate and the military political leadership by john is responsible for the situation now we've already heard that infantry armored in air forces and artillery forces have been deployed by both sides in this conflict and have already engaged in fighting and we're also receiving conflicting casualty reports about that and response the regional government of nagorno-karabakh has declared a full scale conscription of all males in the region over 18 year

azerbaijani officials have imposed martial law and curfews the government in baku blames its neighborfor the new escalation. it's no secret that the 1st shot was also carried out. by the armenian minute tree in it many still much. talk he has promised to back i don't buy john there were joint military exercises in july which had to nav. only to touch one to destroy the armenians and on media that's clear. a media is hoping for russian support but moscow and the e.u. have called for an end to the fighting. well my next guest is. executive director at the armenian national committee of america he joins us tonight from our washington d.c. studios mr hardy it's good to have you on the program what are you hearing about this conflict how close 'd are we to a full scale war. actually too close for comfort. a regional war amid a global pandemic they threaten to blow up armies nuclear power station this is not just regional but also global implications the area that is being fought over nagorno-karabakh it is internationally recognized as belonging to her by john is that wrong and then would

azerbaijani officials have imposed martial law and curfews the government in baku blames its neighborfor the new escalation. it's no secret that the 1st shot was also carried out. by the armenian minute tree in many stomachs. talk he has promised to back isaac by john there were joint military exercises in july which had to may have. known each to touch one to destroy the armenians and on media that's clear. a media is hoping for russian support but moscow and the e.u. have called for an end to the fighting. well my next guess is. executive director at the armenian national committee of america he joins us tonight from our washington d.c. studios mr harvey it's good to have you on the program what are you hearing about this conflict how close 'd are we to a full scale war. actually too close for comfort. a regional war amid a global pandemic they threaten to blow up armies nuclear power station this is not just regional but also global implications for the area that is being fought over nagorno-karabakh it is internationally recognised as belonging to her by john is that wrong would y

azerbaijani officials have imposed martial law and curfews the government in baku blames its neighborfor the new escalation. it's no secret that the 1st shot was also carried out. by the armenian minute tree in it many still not. talking has promised to back i don't buy john there were joint military exercises in july which had to now have. known each to touch one to destroy the armenians and on media that's clear. the media is hoping for russian support from moscow and the e.u. have called for an end to the fighting. well my next guess is. executive director at the armenian national committee of america he joins us tonight from our washington d.c. studios mr hardy it's good to have you on the program what are you hearing about this conflict how close 'd are we to a full scale war actually too close for comfort. a regional war amid a global pandemic they threaten to blow up armies nuclear power station this is not just regional but also global implications the area that is being fought over nagorno-karabakh it is internationally recognized as belonging to her by john is that wrong the

have a multiple team following developments we have alexandra story and it is in moscow cinema in baku the as a bridge on the capital 1st let's go to al-jazeera of robin for astraea walker who's following the story from neighboring georgia robin welcome back to the news or what's the latest tonight on the fighting where you are. well. the armenian defense ministry has confirmed now that 59 of its soldiers have been killed in combat and more than 200 injured and the bombardment has continued. to see some of the some of the places that were being struck include the town of market. excuse me kit which is inside car a bark that's the name the armenians call it it's. by the is a very spot it's it's been held by the armenian for. for for many years now and a lot of civilians there have been having to shelter from that attack those bombardments have been described as unprecedented by the armenian defense and we've also been across reports by armenian local media media that the artillery fusillade also landing inside armenia proper armenian territory not actually karabakh itself but close to.

that's located in the caucasus region which is just south of russia now who's to blame both yerevan and baku are accusing each other of being entirely responsible for these renewed hostilities and they're both vowing serious military retaliation. there's a. prison being made an enemy positions military equipment has been destroyed our response will be as tough as ever there are many an army has all the necessary means to crush our enemy again now we've already heard that infantry armored in air forces and artillery batteries have been deployed by both sides in this conflict and they've already engaged in fighting with conflicting casualty reports now in response the regional government in there has declared martial law and general conscription of all males over and over the age of 18 and in terms of the background to this is been a long history hasn't there of tension in this region that's correct i mean for those who are unfamiliar with the region's history maybe it seems like something out of the blue but but since 20 but since the beginning of 202025 people have been killed in skirmishes

that's located in the caucasus region which is just south of russia now who's to blame both yerevan and baku are accusing each other of being entirely responsible for these renewed hostilities and they're both valid serious military retaliation. actions under the present being made on enemy positions military equipment has been destroyed. our response will be as tough as ever there are many an army has all the necessary means to crush our enemy again now we've already heard that infantry armored in air forces and artillery batteries have been deployed by both sides in this conflict and they've already engaged in fighting with conflicting casualty reports now in response the regional government in nagorno-karabakh has declared martial law and general conscription of all males over and over the age of 18 well it's important to understand that all this is the continuation of a decades long conflict 25 people have died in skirmishes between the 2 countries since the beginning of 2020 alone and since 2015 over 200 have been killed or injured the fighting even goes back to even before the fall of

you said which is located in the caucasus region south of russia now who's to blame both yerevan and baku are accusing each other of being entirely responsible for this renewal of hostilities and they're both promising harsh military responses and as. many as actions and present being made on enemy positions military equipment has been destroyed. our response will be the stuff as ever there are many an army has all the necessary means to crush our enemy again. as it was say and this has been a long drawn out conflict has been simmering it's fled it comes back down again along have been going on what do we know about it to bring our viewers up to speed that are so aware of it while to start with the latest clashes in this conflict we've already heard that infantry armored an air of forces as well as artillery barrages have been deployed as as early as sunday morning they've already engaged in fighting and casualty reports are actually conflicting we don't exactly know how many in response the regional government of nagorno-karabakh has declared a full scale conscription of males over 18 an

that's located in the caucasus region which is just south of russia who's to blame both yerevan and baku are accusing each other of being entirely responsible for these renewed hostilities and they're both valid serious military retaliation now we've already heard that infantry armored an air forces and artillery batteries have been deployed by both sides in this conflict and they've already engaged in fighting with conflicting casualty reports now in response the regional government in nagorno-karabakh has declared martial law and general conscription of all males over and over the age of 18 well it's important to understand that all this is the continuation of a decades long conflict 25 people have died in skirmishes between the 2 countries since the beginning of 2020 alone and since 2015 over 200 have been killed or injured the fighting even goes back to even before the fall of the soviet union. turkey immediately threw its support behind azerbaijan at the beginning of this latest conflict we heard from ankara's presidential spokesperson who said that azerbaijan will not be alone but

all the while civilian men are signing up for the duty in azerbaijan's capital baku just as they are in europe. by all that our president people here gathered for a partial mobilization which means that it concerns a man under the age of 32 and those who are considered suitable for us by their profession on tuesday armenia claimed that a turkish f. 16 fighter jet had shot down an armenian plane 60 kilometers inside armenian airspace. and ankara both swiftly denied that allegation but if true it would be a worrying new development turkey has already said it's prepared to help as a by john on the battlefield and the risk is that russia could be brought into the fighting because armenia is part of the moscow led c.s.t. oh the collective security treaty organization and any attack on a single member state can be considered an attack against or. france's calling an urgent meeting with russia and the us to find a path to deescalation the 3 have mediated the dispute in the past. this is the most intense fighting between the 2 countries since the 1990 s. and so far the international communit

from azerbaijan and who started military action while our colleagues forgetting about programs about baku program said about can shout read that time it has been good about programs who started military because the request of armenians or the call of armenia serve not go to car but the public was august peaceful for historical. reunification we said media now when the rhetorical started to play only one side then forgetting that whole resolution so un 1st of all is referring to azerbaijan to stop military activities and all their budget issue to feel it's action and i always. offering them to read the text in reality and not to use that propaganda but because our discussion is long and after the call so nicole question young for sitting down in negotiations that have been always on acceptable positions from azerbaijan definitely would you doing you also strengthening your rhetorical and definitely whatever we think now it would be guys if you are not even ready for discussion and common compromises and you are asking for the wants id unilateral. kind of a giving up. for getting it that wh

azerbaijani officials have imposed martial law and curfews the government in baku blames its neighbor for the new escalation. it's no secret that the 1st shot was also carried out by the armenian military. many still much. chalky has promised to back her by john there were joint military exercises in july which had to now have. to touch one to destroy the armenians and on media that's clear. the media is hoping for russian support but moscow and the e.u. have called for an end to the fighting. was bring in your ear shatter here from moscow yury this is a long running conflict between armenia and azerbaijan what sparked the fighting this time. while there are several possible scenarios terry but of course none of them can be confirmed 100 percent important point is a gross violation between armenia at their media and community and azerbaijan this summer that was serious or that war serious heavy battles on their meanings are by johnny border already a ball for the government of iraq now we are seeing are more vehicles every ation heavy ultimately actively used expensive drones are lift

eastern mediterranean coast it takes gas from azerbaijan to the georgian turkish border you've got the baku tbilisi chohan pipeline which passes through the region 2 it carries more than a 1000000 barrels of oil a day most of that going to europe and on the armenian side too there's a russian pipeline which takes gas to media so there's a bit to talk about here we're going to do that with cornelia my oil analyst and see of my own resources joining us from ben in switzerland cornelia nice to see you a really good reminder isn't it you know we think about oil and gas we think about the middle east so much there is a lot of natural resources traveling through this area. there is a lot of natural resources through that area and the supra correctly pointed out it's not going directly through not going to look at about that's going slightly north off it and there was a good reason. as c.d.s. when they built the p.t.c. . tblisi pipeline when for the very expensive fruit circumventing armenia going through a choice into turkey so so if they if they had some premonition so of what could what could h

only remain unjust and unlawful but will also continue to spoil minea cinema in the years era capital baku she says he is not just defending azerbaijan diplomatically but also supplying them with military equipment. angèle has already shown its side which is siding with us are based on and has so far as a person after their main attack in the polls area a couple of weeks ago both the turkish president and the defense minister have been very still it about the turkey sounds sending it by azerbaijan till the very end supporting them militarily logistically as you know peter turkey also has a military base in azerbaijan and the have very strong military agreements between the 2 armies circle so support as supports them with mostly a logistics with drones and other defense and us recruitment that turkey has been in the region of the a producing for the last couple of beers and apparently the turkish films. were also used by the azerbaijan and military during during this conflict with the armenian side. they say they have been saying for the last couple of days we are going to do what is necess

military that's gone to baku if we put that on the line if we put that assistance on the table i thinkwe'll see azerbaijan step back from the brink of disaster ok the executive director of the armenian national committee of america mr perry we appreciate your time and your valuable insights tonight thank you. thank you. what do a teenage boy convicted of blasphemy in one area and the head of poland's auschwitz memorial what do they have in common suddenly a lot more than either would have ever imagined peter 70 is the head of poland's auschwitz memorial now he has written to nigeria's president offering to serve part of a prison sentence that was handed to omar furtak a 13 year old boy for blasphemy he's also requested a pardon for the boy a shari'a court in nigeria's northern kanu state sentence the boy to 10 years in prison for making blasphemous statements during an argument if a pardon is not possible since he says that he and 119 other volunteers would each sit one month in prison to spare the boy from any time behind bars now here's part of the letter that's been written regardle

that's located in the caucasus region which is just south of russia who's to blame both yerevan and baku are accusing each other of being entirely responsible for these renewed hostilities and they're both valid serious military retaliation now we've already heard that infantry armored an air forces and artillery batteries have been deployed by both sides in this conflict and they've already engaged in fighting with conflicting casualty reports now in response the regional government in nagorno-karabakh has declared martial law and general conscription of all males over and over the age of 18 well it's important to understand that all this is the continuation of a decades long conflict 25 people have died in skirmishes between the 2 countries since the beginning of 2020 alone and since 2015 over 200 have been killed or injured the fighting even goes back to even before the fall of the soviet union. turkey immediately threw its support behind azerbaijan at the beginning of this latest conflict we heard from ankara's presidential spokesperson who said that azerbaijan will not be alone but

team covering the story for us to walk a monitoring developments from tbilisi was starting though in baku azerbaijan with sin and cos cinnamon update from you. well kim all the fighting continues right now in the ground then we have been hearing from dallas our bridge on officials that they have some advance actually the most in some intense fight clashes are occurring up on the north of where the area is called tar tar also in the area down in the south we learned from that as a real which was that they have been making at venice and they are actually hoping to liberate the area in their terms from from the ok pyres iranians this is what they say also i have to say that there is also another place which is. which is hotel went where clashes are ongoing actually have heard that are many and they were evacuating their military members who have been wounded or dad in that area in a hold of an area which is between target between tara taught and physically actually when you look at the map of not gonna cut about on the eastern side there is a there is that there is a region called all of the

azerbaijani officials have imposed martial law and curfews the government in baku blames its neighbor for the new escalation. it's no secret that the 1st shot was also carried out by the armenian military. many stone arch. khaki has promised to back either by john there were joint military exercises in july which had to now have enough. knowledge to touch one to destroy the armenians and armenia that's clear story a media is hoping for russian support for moscow and the e.u. have called for an end to the fighting. are going to turn out to rome and then go from the russian department for more on this settlement this is a long running conflict we're talking here for decades a given how serious is this latest flare up and what makes it so intractable. well it is very serious it is already a limited war and it could grow into something bigger well we are still in not in a position to to establish what went wrong on the sunday as the fighting erupted what we do know is that it's a very very long conflict it's not just 30 years it's been for hundreds of years and it's been flaming up and do

military that's gone to baku if we put that on the line if we put that assistance on the table i thinkwe'll see azerbaijan step back from the brink of disaster ok part of the executive director of the armenian national committee of america mr imparja we appreciate your time and your valuable insights tonight thank you. thank you. what do a teenage boy convicted of blasphemy in one area and the head of poland's auschwitz memorial what do they have in common suddenly a lot more than either would have ever imagined peter sivits is the head of poland's auschwitz memorial now he has written to nigeria's president offering to serve part of the prison sentence that was handed to omar furtak a 13 year old boy for blasphemy he's also requested a pardon for the boy a shari'a court in nigeria's northern kanu state sentence the boy to 10 years in prison for making blasphemous statements during an argument if a pardon is not possible since he says that he and 119 other volunteers would each sit one month in prison to spare the boy from any time behind bars now here's part of the letter that's been