were several as syrian military assets in and around the city that were legitimate targets here in baquba president ilham called the attack a crime against humanity and that revenge will come under battlefield a few hours after the attack in ganja announced his forces which are backed by turkey have taken control of more villages in physically south east of nagorno-karabakh one of 7 regions surrounding the un clave occupied by armenia since 1904 many here believe it's time to areas return and as every suffered to our history is our future and we can't leave this problem to our kids. and we need to help them to my relatives been living in that occupied region and i know the hardest so far they've been living in the as a refugee for the years here in baquba and so this is we can't leave this problem for the our future future our generation next generation we need to resolve it now the capital of nagorno-karabakh stepan i cared was hit on friday a few hours before the ganja attack this was also not the 1st time that civilians came under attack there at least 600 armenian soldiers have lost t

as area city of gunja which killed 13 civilians 2 of them babies hada abdulhamid reports now from baquba the capital of azerbaijan. it was a city asleep when the explosions ripped through the quiet of the night and ganja people here were already on edge their hometown has come under fire several times since the conflict was reignited 3 weeks ago. this attack was the most devastating so far so. we've been living in fear for days we couldn't sleep at night we hid but that was no use we're suffering a lot i wish we were dead but our children would have to live without us we believe in our state and president may god give us back our back. about an hour drive from the disputed region of the corner car bomb that azerbaijan and armenia are fighting over i mean at 1st denied it had the long range capability to hit. but then in a statement it said that there were several as syrian military assets in and around the city that were legitimate targets here and back president ilham called the attack a crime against humanity and revenge will come under battlefield a few hours after the attack in ganja

region and i know the hardest so far they've been living in the as a refugee for the years here in baquba and so this is the can't leave this problem for the our future future our generation next generation we need to resolve it now the capital of nagorno-karabakh stepan a carrot was hit on friday a few hours before the ganja attack this was also not the 1st time that civilians came under attack there at least 600 armenian soldiers have lost their lives since september 27th as a by john hasn't made public the number of losses among its ranks but the toll among civilians is mounting a new humanitarian ceasefire is underway this one brokered by france to u.s. and russia. has already indicated is only temporary and it will continue its offensive to retake the occupied territories that how many. are u.n. arms embargo on iran has expired after 13 years he was lifted out of the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers the u.s. withdrew from the pact in 2018 invoiced strong opposition to any easing of sanctions runs foreign minister divides that if welcomed the development calling it a win for region

abdel-hamid reports now from baquba the capital of as of by john. it was a city asleep when the explosions ripped through the quiet of the night and ganja people here were already on edge their hometown has come under fire several times since the conflict was reignited 3 weeks ago. this attack was the most devastating so far so. we've been living in fear for days we couldn't sleep at night we hid but that was no use we're suffering a lot i wish we were dead but our children would have to live without us we believe in our state and president may god give us back our back. about an hour drive from the disputed region of the corner karabakh that azerbaijan and armenia are fighting over i mean at 1st denied it had the long range capability to hit as far as ganja but then in a statement it said that there were several as syrian military assets in and around the city that were legitimate targets here in baquba president ilham called the attack a crime against humanity and revenge will come under battlefield a few hours after the attack in ganja announced

and joining me on the line is kid asia is male over she's a journalist based in baquba as a vision what can you tell us about this latest attack on ganja. what. this is this is this really goes the clock on people who are pregnant largest city your own john and good thing repeat her no we keep to make you rich your car is to target. there are no army that are a crack in the army unpopulated or in any other new military in gander didn't that there was no committee. on. duty. for their country can you hear me. unfortunately we say meant to have lost could asia they were will try and get back to her a little bit later in the program. but for now with less than 20 days to go until the u.s. presidential election both contenders are ramping up their campaigning as they focus on must win swing states on friday democratic contender joe biden returned to hard for michigan but he's hoping to flip back to blue in november if the polls can be relied on trumps the candidate playing catch up in this race he's been trying to regain ground in the state of georgia holding a large brown leave it despite

support this war and of course this makes it even more difficult for the political leadership in baquba to return to the negotiation negotiation table now let's listen to what people here told me good. listener gorno karabakh is an inseparable part of azerbaijan a hearts are there we are proud that our president wants to take it back and we will do so with the blood diverse soldiers my.

azerbaijan independently we have been given access and allowed to come here by the authorities in baquba they set up an infrastructure for media for international journalists to cover this crisis to cover their side of the conflict we've been given or assigned a driver and a contact affiliated to the government they are always with us they join us wherever we go they say it's for our own safety and security but of course it limits what we hear and what we see and what we can report on but you have to know that this is not just a conflict on the battlefield it's also a war of words and a war of perception. mania and as a vision has been locked in what is being a sense of be a frozen conflict but do people in gunja now feel that this latest flare up could lead to a long time between the 2 countries. we've talked to people here in gunja some people would come here and pay respect to those who were killed or they're looking for something in the rubble those people are visibly still shocked there is pain there is grief but there is also a lot of anger people here are openly blaming the armeni

said the poor people of armenia and azerbaijan a paying for the price of uninspired leadership in baquba and yerevan that refused to seize opportunity after opportunity to peacefully deal with the conflict regarding nagorno-karabakh is he right what could you have done differently to prevent this happening. you know essentially everything thoughts needed to be done has been done and when i entered the office of the prime minister of the republic of armenia i proposed a formula as a basis for my policy on the nagorno-karabakh issue saying that we have to agree that any settlement any solution to the conflict has to be acceptable to the people of armenia to the people of not going to cut off and to the people of azerbaijan and this formula is something which i proposed as a basis for settlements of the conflict unfortunately azerbaijan starting from the mid 2000 has essentially being advancing the military philosophy and policy as an option for resolution and is refusing to and then the way to engage in mutual concessions and i think what is significant here is a dictate tauriel government

contrast to what ordinary people think here in istanbul in turkey in out of me in year in karabakh in baquba people know off to so many years of escalations of flare ups that peace doesn't come through war but medical needs as an armenian i do not want to talk about who is right or wrong but i would like those you know issue to be resolved through negotiations and not forced him. into i don't like what has happened many people i know are now going to the front and i don't want blood to be sure we want everything to and peacefully but i am afraid there is no chance to talk about peace at the moment and we must reclaim our lands. world will shoot for in the 1st war and in 26 the most you don't nowadays people go to the front door you 23 and when the shelling come down then we would be needed then we used to this is ok if we have nowhere to go. the losses both sides are suffering though we can't verify everything that's impossible for now tremendous so the perhaps the sheer magnitude of what is happening will force both sides to take a pause and to reconsider the approach that they're both taki

independently we have been given access we have been allowed to come here to azerbaijan by the authorities in baquba they have set up an infrastructure for media for international journalists to cover this crisis to cover their side of the conflict we have been assigned a driver and a contact affiliated with the government they are accompanying us all the time wherever we go to. this is so they say for our own safety and security but it also limits what we can see what we hear and what we can report on in general i have the impression that it's nearly impossible to get an objective point of view on this conflict from both sides because this is not just a war in the battlefield it's also a war of words and a war of perceptions we're seeing a lot of claims and denials to dismissals accusations counter accusations are being traded so it's very difficult to get to the truth armenia and azerbaijan have been locked in this mainly frozen conflicts over nagorno-karabakh for decades are people in jail where you are concerned that this fighting that we're seeing now put escalate into all out war. well many pe

support this war and of course this makes it even more difficult for the political leadership in baquba to return to the negotiation negotiation table now let's listen to what people here told me. as a burgeoning lists nagorno-karabakh is an inseparable part of azerbaijan heard sort of their. we are proud that our president wants to take it back and we will do so with a blood reversal jews moment and my son is registered as volunteers for the army we are ready to fight. with our nation and our government everyone from young to old and we're not afraid of war all of us are ready to fight until we liberate our lands my own husband gave his life for nucor no care about the show. or so very different voices of the people that you spoke to julia but you know both sides have had heavy casualties. are people terrified when the camera is not on. well that's interesting thing people here tell me they are not afraid that that's really interesting but what really strikes me here when the camera is on of course also is the complete absence of any critical opinions when it comes to this war and the

johnny foreign ministry does insists it belongs to baquba adding though that he doesn't exclude so determination. that was the wrong thing to go to raise our children there's a possibility of this is part of the internationally recognized terrorism as the brits are 2nd of all armenians living in the truth and the right direction and so the domination does not need to go out for the session so the notion does not mean independence so what we say of course we can't reconcile that that relation with being that. was a joke if every group of people would declare it claimed that they have the right relation can you imagine what kind of. now still to come when the weekly new restrictions are being rolled out in russia and across europe to his record. registered we'll have a look at the details plus of the stories just after this break. join me every thursday on the alex simon sure and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm sure business i'll see you there. the world is driven by dreamers shaped by those with. no dares thinks. we dare to ask. hello again now a grim milest

ny violating the cease fire these images are from the as you recently of target which according to baquba has been shelled several times in recent days as a result people have taken shelter in their basements here's what some of them have to say. constantly they're shelling us now with different weapons with missiles bombs tanks rocket launchers they use it all if it hit one week ago a shell struck and abstainers neighbor's home was completely destroyed it was impossible to take anything from the building our home was also severely damaged dools windows even the walls everything is ruined. we cannot sleep at night when they stop shelling for an hour or so we can close our eyes now then we get woken up again it's the same thing over and over. the director of the world health organization has urged countries not to pursue a herd immunity strategy against their coronavirus he said deliberately allowing the virus the spread among populations is dangerous and it is an ethical. out of the amenities i cheered by protecting people from a virus not by exposing them to eat never in the history of p

the media over the disputed region of nagorno-karabakh 3 weeks ago so i'm called has more now from baqubawe have been reporting about those attacks especially which can't afford.

and has more now from baquba. we have been reporting about those attacks especially towards gander for the last 2 weeks and this is just another one that hit the city after midnight while people were sleeping cars we know that did look at. what is called the all of this street. where the old buildings are and the eyewitnesses say that the impact is large and there are 2 rockets actually and that has been obvious with claims these rockets in fact that from the side i am mania rallies in china have turned violent ahead of the anniversary of last year's massive demonstrations sunday marks one year since the protests calling for social reforms began the government was forced to call a referendum to overhaul the constitution the next week. protest isn't thailand that ended their friday demonstration defying a government ban on gatherings for the 3rd day in a row. calling for the prime minister's resignation and reforms to the monarchy. protest organizers urged the crowds to return home and avoid more confrontations wit

is taking some of it militarily let's hear now from our serious heart of the how me and who's in baquba side. we spoke to a man as a very member of parliament who is based in guns and he told us that in fact there were 2 missiles hit ganja one sort of the south west entrance of the city and the other one to more lethal one towards the city center that's where most of the casualties. happened now he said that that was a residential area that there is no military target whatsoever there and that it happened in the middle of the night because according to him well the armenians wanted to inflict a bigger number of casualties on their civilians obviously very strong the nation also very strong condemnation coming from the president just in the last hour he posted a video on social media he called it. called the attack crime against humanity he called on the international community to take action against armenia otherwise he said well then azerbaijan will have to take the matter in its hands and will retaliate was forced now all this comes on the backdrop that as a belgian is actually making

funneling jihadi militants from syria into the combat zone i mean you're also alleges anchor along with baquba is trying to continue the genocide of the early 20th century as a bizarre no insistence yet of on using for mercenaries and also rejects the idea of any kind of direct military support from turkey on the senior correspondent has more well aside from an increasingly violent and volatile situation on the ground things are heating up on the diplomatic international stage and i would say at this point that they are boiling france now coming out with an increasingly hardline 8 stance on what is happening in the region in this in this conflict and they are saying that they've come by the same intelligence as russia had that there are indeed syrian geodes mercenary fighters being transported and utilized by is headed by john in the fight against armenia. today we have information with certainty that indicates that militants from the how does groups who left the field of combat and syria to rejoin the field of combat and carob are we have this information regarding the transfer of mercenary f

is bombs being dropped on our heads i have been a taxi driver for the last 10 years driving from baquba to villages of food elite controlled by our troops it is some 25 kilometers from those villages to fully itself it is easily visible i really wanted to drive there but it was impossible i'm so happy and grateful to our soldiers that i can make my dream come true the years of displacement will be in my memory forever i do not wish that on anybody. headline story a young volunteer in a leading corona virus vaccine trial has died in brazil the drug is being developed by the british astra zeneca along with oxford university so far it is unclear whether the volunteer received the actual vaccine or just a placebo well since this new is a mug shot as in the pharma company how for one it's not the 1st setback for this astra zeneca vaccine back in september the trials were temporarily put on hold after a volunteer fell sick with a raw spinal to sorta this time but the trials will continue without delay following careful assessment of this case in brazil there have been no concerns about safety

towards a cease fire in talks at this stage as soon as this update from the azerbaijani capital of baquba. tension is fairly high by the border especially up on the northeastern side of nagorno-karabakh where. this recalled character has been under attack by the armenian forces since the early morning and we heard that a civilian lost his life this early morning in tora tora as the civilian areas have been indiscriminately targeted by the army and says the officials and defense ministry has been is saying also down to south job rylan that the strikes at that have been fired also by the armenian forces and the fight has been intensified as well just let us remember a couple of days ago we heard that azerbaijan military was able to take over some villages to regain control of some villages in for the strict but current the now we have 2 battle points one in the north is territory and down is the fuselage of area and the officials have been accusing our mania for indiscriminate targeting of the civilians and as also bernard put through azerbaijan is also seeking some support on the internati

have been bombing civilian targets with those in the last few weeks i don't know how many days in baquba with more on the as area government's response to the accusations of using white phosphorous. well there's have said right from the beginning then those accusations were groundless and now just a few minutes ago. the senior aide to president who have earlier has actually tweeted that i mean your rider has use this white phosphorus in the. rooted in the woods around the town of show which their minions refer to as shushi and rory was just talking about this armenia was saying that john did that now earlier in the day the ministry of defense also said that it had intelligence that armenia had moved white phosphorus engine an integral care of us with the aim of creating a pro bowl creation now accusations have been going in both directions about who is doing what and who is actually breaking international law. by johnny point of view . there are civilians that have been targeted the most latest attack was invited a few days ago 21 people died in that attack in the human rights watch issu

azerbaijan independently we have been given access and allowed to come here by the authorities in baquba they set up an infrastructure for media for international journalists to cover this crisis to cover their side of the conflict we've been given or assigned a driver and a contact affiliated to the government they are always with us they join us wherever we go they say it's for our own safety and security but of course it limits what we hear and what we see and what we can report on but you have to know that this is not just a conflict on the battlefield it's also a war of words and a war of perception. mania and as a vision has been locked in what is being a sense of be a frozen conflict but do people in gunja now fear that this latest flare up could lead to a long time between the 2 countries. we've talked to people here in gunja some people would come here and pay respect to those who were killed or they are looking for something in the rubble those people who are visibly still shocked there is pain there is grief but there is also a lot of anger of people here are openly blaming th

azerbaijan independently we have been given access and allowed to come here by the authorities in baquba they set up an infrastructure for media for international journalists to cover this crisis to cover their side of the conflict we've been given or assigned a driver and a contact affiliated to the government as they are always with us they join us wherever we go they say it's for our own safety and security but of course it limits what we hear and what we see and what we can report on but you have to know that this is not just a conflict on the battlefield it's also a war of words and a war of perception. decades armenia and azerbaijan has been locked in what is being a sense of be a frozen conflict but do people in gunja now feel that this latest flare up could lead to a long time between the 2 countries. we've talked to people here in gunja some people would come here and pay respect to those who were killed or they are looking for something in the rubble those people are visibly still shocked there is pain there is grief but there is also a lot of anger people here are openly blami

by the day if not by the hour just a short while ago we heard from the ministry of defense here in baquba that said that if that target carried several air strikes on armenian forces in occupied territories just sort of the sudden belt of the north and i go in a car about region so certainly. also when you speak to anyone around they don't believe that they will be. any you know a stop in the hostilities any time soon i spoke to several people on the streets back with some are saying well it's going to be difficult it's going to be there's going to be human cost on both sides but at this point many here at least for tell you what it's about time we just go for it and he's raised try to resolve this conflict was and for all but everyone bracing themselves for more violence maybe more 'd destruction and death so where do we look where do we hope for a peaceful resolution and what role can the international community play. i think that you mean at the moment the international community has been issuing statements calling for calm we've seen the efforts of the. group we've seen the efforts fr

azerbaijan independently we have been given access and allowed to come here by the authorities in baquba they set up an infrastructure for media for international journalists to cover this crisis to cover their side of the conflict we've been given or assigned a driver and a contact affiliated to the government they are always with us they join us wherever we go they say it's for our own safety and security but of course it limits what we hear and what we see and what we can report on but you have to know that this is not just a conflict on the battlefield it's also a war of words and a war of perception. decades mania and as a vision has been locked in what is being a sense of be a frozen conflict but give people a gunja now feel that this latest flare up could lead to a long time between the 2 countries. we've talked to people here in gunja some people would come here and pay respect to those who were killed or they're looking for something in the rubble those people are visibly still shocked there is pain there is grief but there is also a lot of anger people here are openly blaming t

how demi does in baquba with more on the as harry government's response to the accusations of using white phosphorous. well this is have said right from the beginning didn't build accusations were groundless and now just a few minutes ago. and senior aide to president who have earlier has actually tweeted . that armenia has used this white phosphorous in the rooted in the woods around the town of shisha which their minions refer to as shushi and rory was just talking about this armenia was saying that john did that now earlier in the day the ministry of defense also said that it had intelligence that armenia had moved white phosphorus engine an integral care of us with the aim of creating a problem cation now accusations have been going in both directions about who is doing what and who is actually breaking international law. by johnny point of view . there are civilians that have been targeted the most and latest attack was invited a few days ago 21 people died in that attack on the human rights watch issued a statement on friday saying that indeed armenia had used cluster bomblets and t

who are let's go down to see him because you know who's live in the azerbaijan capital of baquba it's a lot going on here today what's the latest. well yes in the diplomatic level plus on the battlefield some of the things are going on and apparently. it's not all now it's our bridge on our man yeah who are in role to at least diplomatically in the conflict but there are many other players let me begin with the battlefield the battle is fears especially in the north is still going on as starting from target our district will know their very own the regions of survey john down to brian area we just heard from the official sources that 11 schools so far have been destroyed because of the armenian shells and rockets since the conflict late to school to begin later on sunday also the number of people who are civilians who lost their lives is now 18 and more than 58 civilians have been injured but these are not the updated numbers probably the number of the casualties is increased we're not hearing from our survey john officials about any casualties on the military side it is like a top se

what al-jazeera is seen in kosovo who spoke to azerbaijan's president in baquba bout the conflict heidi i have explained the situation from his country's point of view. at the 1st real moment his forces are in a battle over a disputed region azerbaijan's presence in how mali ever put the blame squarely on our minya the main reason is that i mean your doesn't want peace they want to keep our lands on the corporation for ever they don't want to change the status quo and this is a reason why i lasted so long because otherwise if i mean it demonstrated with a real the conflict would've been resolved many years ago. the battle is not only in the field but it's also being felt in the media and elsewhere both iranian as our bridge accuse each other of hiring foreign mercenaries to fight in a car. but the president denied any foreign involvement and that turkey shot down an armenian fighter jet this is fake news absolutely this a fake news as a says a turkish 16 shot down 25 to 25 had an accident but they say they have evidence to present where is evidence i think armenians control car of all b

head of foreign policy department at the presidential administration he's joining us on skype from baquba thank you very much indeed for giving us your time sir ahead of the talks that were happening in moscow they fought a minister and minister jose hoang by animal of said he expected armenian forces to gradually leave nagorno-karabakh despite the temporary ceasefire he also issued a couple of other very strong statements which basically weren't giving any room for negotiation what soever there's not really much room for talks a toll if. john is taking this stance. use of in moscow was a meeting kind of close an economy into a russian side and we are sank report russia for the ocean for taking risks initiative and or proposing decides it was a no declination answer that of the croatian armenia and azerbaijan and russian site and also his meeting was also followed by 0 or chairs and it's a was in a temporary ceasefire for minutes here on the reasons during the armed conflict such mechanisms are existing so are 2 borders or soldiers who are on the battleground can be taken some of that mon